Memorial plaque in honor of Izvestia correspondent Fedorchak unveiled in Crimea

A memorial plaque was unveiled on the territory of the Crimean broadcasting Company in honor of the deceased Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak. The ceremony took place on July 29.

"It is especially tragic, of course, which person died. A man of amazing optimism, radiating just a love of life, a great professional," Vadim Pervykh, director of the Crimea Television and Radio Company, said at the opening.

He added that the tragedy would remind young correspondents of the importance of following safety rules in their work.

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Earlier in the day, a presentation of the book "Alexander Fedorchak: son, friend, military commander" about the deceased Izvestia correspondent took place in Simferopol. The book was published on Fedorchak's birthday — he was supposed to be 29 years old. According to Victoria Kondratskaya, one of the authors of the book, associate professor of Journalism at the Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, the work contains memoirs of Alexander's relatives, teachers, as well as poems by people with whom the journalist communicated during his work.

On June 19, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the village of Nizhnegorsky in Crimea to a correspondent of Izvestia who died in the special military operation zone. The event was held on the basis of the Nizhnegorsk Lyceum school No. 1, an educational institution where the journalist studied.

Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak died in the SVR zone on March 24. On the same day, Andrey Panov, the operator of the Zvezda TV channel, and Alexander Sirkeli, the driver of the film crew, were killed.

On April 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding Fedorchak the Order of Courage posthumously. In addition, the award was awarded to the deceased correspondents of Channel One, Anna Prokofieva, and the operator of the Zvezda TV channel, Andrei Panov. The award given to Fedorchak was handed over to his parents on June 17.

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