Putin appoints his bodyguard as new minister: His predecessor mysteriously dies – Topky.sk

It was an unusually emotional performance. On September 10, 2021, Putin attended the funeral of his longtime friend Yevgeny Zinichev. According to official information, a close confidant of the Russian president died shortly before at the age of 55 in Siberia. After falling into the icy water, he allegedly tried to save the filmmaker Alexander Melnik. Zinichev fell into a waterfall about thirty meters high. “For me, it’s an irreplaceable personal loss,” Putin said at the funeral. However, he has now found a replacement for him when he has appointed a new Russian emergency minister. This office is considered a key security sector. The current Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, has held this position in the past. Photo gallery (2) Vladimir Putin’s Emotional Farewell to Yevgeny Zinichev.
Source: profimedia.sk According to the Daily Mail, the chosen one is Major General Alexander Kurenkov (49), a former bodyguard of the Russian president. Little is known about the past of the new minister, whose nickname is “Man without a Face”. In the past, he allegedly worked in counterintelligence at the domestic intelligence agency FBO and the security agency FSO, which is responsible for the security of the Russian government. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “Putin knows him personally. And the election means that the head of state believes that Kurenko’s personal, clerical and professional qualities allow him to perform this function.”