Russian minister sacked by Putin found dead

Russia’s investigation committee said that former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was apparently dead with a fiery weapon wound.

He was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin in the early hours of Monday.

There was no reason for the dismissal of Starovoit, and Deputy Minister of Transportation Andreii Nikitin soon was replaced by.

The investigation committee said he was working to determine the conditions of the incident.

Starovoit was appointed as Minister of Transport in May 2024.

Before becoming the Minister of Transportation, Starovoid served as the governor of the Kursk region for almost nine years by May 2024.

The region was partly captured by the Ukrainian troops in August 2024 with a surprise attack. Moscow only managed to drive the Ukrainian forces, but in the late June, Kiev said that he was still holding a small zone area in Russia.

Starovoit’s successor, Aleksey Smirnov, was only postponed for a short time. He was arrested in April and was later accused of embezzling the funds allocated for the construction of the fortifications on the Ukrainian border.

According to Russian Outlet Kommersant, Starovoid was about to be brought as a defendant in the same case.

It is unclear when Starovoit dies exactly.

The President of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Cartapolov, said the death of Russian Outlet RTVI “a while ago”.

Early on Monday, before the death of Starovoit’s death, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, journalists, dismissal, Putin’s events on the events in Kursk’daki’dan starovoit’e pressure was pressured.

“If there is loss of confidence, loss of confidence is indicated. Such expressions are not used [in the Kremlin decree]”Peskov replied.