According to local officials, a few hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his post, former Russia’s Transport Minister, Roman Starovoite was found dead in his car.
Svetlana Petranko, spokesperson of Russia’s State Search Committee, Said The body of the former minister was found in his private car with a gunshot wound and was on the scene of the committee’s investigation.
Starovoit’s death “initially being called a suicide,” TestedState -run news agency.
Starovoit was dismissed from his post on Monday morning, and Putin tapped Andre Kiritin to serve in his place as Acting Transport Minister.
Kremlin spokesperson Dimitri Peskov said the former minister was not “taken out due to the loss of the trust”, “otherwise, the President Dicri would clearly say so,” Tass said.
Kremlin posted an official decree signed by Putin on Monday morning, stating that Starovit was relieved of her duties. Starovit began in the post in May 2024.
He first served as the governor of the Kursk region for several years, attacked by Kiev, three months after becoming the Minister of Transport. Ukraine organized the region by April this year when Russian soldiers dropped them out.
