RUSSIA’S former transport minister has reportedly been found dead just hours after being fired by Vladimir Putin.
Roman Starovoit, who had held the post for less than a year, was dismissed earlier Monday amid escalating turmoil in Russia’s transport sector.
Hours later, he was reportedly found dead in a car at his home in the Odintsovo neighbourhood – marking another grim twist in the Kremlin’s growing shadow of sudden deaths.
Major channels with links to the Russian security forces reported the cause of death as suicide, claiming the minister was found dead with gunshot wounds.
The firearm, according to Russian media, was an award pistol issued to him in 2023 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Some accounts say it was a Yarygin PYa pistol (Rook), or a Makarov.
Unconfirmed reports suggest he was killed using his own weapon.
