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Russia’s transport chief dismissed by Putin found dead in suspected suicide
- Roman Starovoyt, who had held the position of Russia's transport minister from May 2024, was removed from office by President Vladimir Putin on July 7, 2025.
- His dismissal followed a weekend of travel disruptions caused by Ukrainian drone attacks and came amid speculations linking it to corruption allegations.
- Shortly after Starovoyt's firing, President Putin appointed his deputy Andrei Nikitin as acting transport minister, highlighting Nikitin’s experience.
- Starovoyt's body was found with a gunshot wound inside his car in the Odintsovo district, and the investigative committee said suicide is the main version considered.
- Starovoyt's death suggests a tragic outcome hours after dismissal, and the Kremlin spokesman clarified the firing was not linked to loss of trust.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Ousted Putin minister dies in gunshot ‘suicide’, adding to list of mystery deaths
The body of Roman Starovoit, who was removed as transport minister hours before, was found in a parked car next to a gun previously presented to him as a gift.
Russian Minister Roman Starovoit is said to have shot himself after being fired by Putin. But sources in the Russian press point to strange contradictions. And does he connect
Sacked Russian Transport Minister Found Dead in His Car With Gunshot Wound
Russia’s sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life, state investigators said on Monday, hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him. A presidential decree published earlier on Monday gave no reason for the dismissal of Roman Starovoit, 53, after barely a year in the job, though political analysts were quick to raise the possibility tha…
Russia's transportation minister found dead after being fired
Roman Starovoit was found dead from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, investigators said Monday — news that broke hours after the Kremlin announced he had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin.
Russian transport minister found dead after sacked by Putin
At least one person has been killed and more than 70 others were injured in a series of Russian drone attacks this morning on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv - other cities also came under attack including Zaporizhzhia where the Polytechnic university was badly damaged.
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