Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit d!ed by su!cide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said
Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting minister.
Asked by reporters for the reasons behind Starovoit’s dismissal, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied this was due to a “lack of trust,” but he did not give any alternative reason.
The Investigative Committee of Russia said in a statement that Starovoit’s body was found inside a car in Odintsovo, a suburb of Moscow. He was found with a gunshot wound, the committee said. It said the circumstances of his de.ath were being investigated but the “main theory is su!cide.”
Another Transport Ministry official d!ed on Monday: Andrey Korneichuk, 42, who worked for the Federal Agency for Rail Transport.
Russian state media reported that Korneichuk d1ed at his workplace, possibly from “acute heart failure.” There is no indication the de.aths are linked.
Before he became a minister in May 2024, Starovoit was the governor of the southern Russian Kursk region. While he left the post before Ukraine’s surprise incursion, he was partially blamed for security failures in the Russian region.
Russian media reported on Monday that Starovoit has been implicated in an investigation into the embezzlement of state funds allocated for building fortifications in the region.
Vesti, a state TV program, as well as RBC, a Russian independent business media outlet, and the Russian business daily newspaper Kommersant reported that he was being investigated. Kommersant said Starovoit was facing an arrest.
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Wasted life