The journalist set fire to the grass for a good background.

Correspondent of the First Channel Mikhail Akinchenko
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The correspondent of Channel One, Mikhail Akinchenko, being on a business trip in the Shirinsky district of Khakassia, got into police reports. A local resident wrote a statement to the police.

According to the woman, on the eve of Akinchenko, being five meters from the village of Kolodezny, he threw a cigarette butt on the ground, as a result of which grass fell.

When a reporter began to find out why a cigarette butt was thrown, the answer was shocking to say the least. Mikhail Akinchenko said that he wanted to set fire to the grass, “in order to remove the background.”

Of course, a good shot means a lot to TV people. However, considering that the wind rose in the republic yesterday, the fire could disperse instantly. Is it really necessary to endanger the whole village for the sake of a beautiful “background”? Residents of the area and so got to the fiery Easter, are afraid of every spark.

But then another visiting journalist in the news on the federal channel will proudly broadcast as even after large-scale fires residents of Khakassia continue to engage in ignition, and of course there is no one to put out the fire: there are no firemen or local authorities nearby. At the same time, it will show that very burning strip of grass that “is already approaching the village”.