Yevgeny Zinichev
Details of the accident have been published - how the Russian minister died
Melnik, who also died in the accident, arrived in Norilsk to choose a location for the shooting of a documentary about the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route, the ministry added.
"Alexander Melnik was at the place where the interdepartmental exercises of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were held," the ministry explained.
Russian minister, Putin's man of trust, tragically dies on duty
According to the first information, he died saving a man's life during interdepartmental exercises, reports Sputnik.
The information was also confirmed by the spokesman of the official Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov.