A former Russian minister has died just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin.
Russian media is reporting that Roman Starovoit, the former Transport Minister, has taken his own life following his dismissal on Monday.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has said that Starovoit was ‘found in a personal car with a gunshot wound.’
There are suggestions that Starovoit’s suicide may be linked to a possible criminal case and he may used an honorary firearm he had received from the Interior Ministry in 2023.
Putin apparently gave no reason for firing Starovoit, who had only been in post for one year, however sources told Reuters that there had been talks over firing him for weeks due to corruption in Kursk.
Putin named Andrey Nikitin, a former governor of the Novgorod region, as acting transport minister