The Russian former Minister Roman Starovoyt was found dead with a gunshot in his car for hours after he was released by President Vladimir Putin.
According to Russian intelligence agencies, Starovoyt shot himself on Monday 7th July in the Moscow suburb after he learned about the release.
“The circumstances of the incident are determined. The main version is suicide,” said the official of the Russian Investigation Committee Svetlana Petrenko in his statement according to Politico.
The Russian Committee said his body was found in his car.
Why was Roman Starovoyt fired?
Although the presidential decree issued on Monday did not specify why Roman Starovoit was released after about a year at work, analysts speculated that Putin’s step could be associated with an ongoing corruption probe in Kursk, which the former Minister had previously modified, agencies said.
The source of the transport industry, which he did not want to be named, told Reuters that the position of the old -time had been questioned for months due to the same scandal of corruption, which focused on the funds earmarked on the fortification of the Russian border with Ukraine in the Kursk region.
Ukrainian drone attacks affect flights in Russia
Roman Starovoyt’s release also comes in the middle of more delay and cancellation of flights in Russia on the weekend due to Ukrainian drone attacks, Politico reported.
On Sunday, July 6, an explosion aboard an ecological guide in the port in the Leningrad region launched an ammonia leak and added to a crisis absorbing the Russian transport sector, mentioned the media output.
The former ministrary worked for five years by a governor
Roman Starovoyt was appointed Russian Transport Minister in May 2024.
The deceased minister had previously worked for almost five years as the reigning governor of the Kursk region, he mentioned Politico.
Who replaced the former minister?
The old -time was replaced by a representative of the Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin, who will now serve as a Russian reigning Minister of Transport.
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