Russian minister found dead hours after being fired. Committed suicide, says Kremlin

Minister of transport will have committed suicide in your car. News was released shortly after Putin fired him. Starovoit was being investigated for corruption in Kursk, a region invaded by Ukraine.

The former Minister of Transport of Russia Roman Star can He was found dead with a shot in his car, advanced Russian officials this Monday.

Death will have occurred in Odintsovo, on the outskirts of Moscow, and is being investigated as a possible suicideaccording to several Russian communication bodies, including the Russian state agency

“The circumstances of the incident are being determined. The main version is the suicide“Said Svetlana Petrenko, an employee of the Russian Investigation Committee, in.

A white weapon was found in the car where the body was found. But at the same time, the same committee, which investigates the most serious crimes in the country, does not draw hasty conclusions: it says it is ascertain the precise circumstances of the incident.

The news was released shortly after President Vladimir Putin announced his resignation, according to, although some sources Starovoit could have died before the official decision.

The same agency points out a possible reason for the minister’s permanent removal, in office just over a year ago: corruption place, in a case that would be already under investigation. The position of the minister in question was already weakened for months for the same reason, the source told Reuters from the transport sector Russians.

The resignation of the minister’s dismissal was not entitled to public justification by Kremlin, but occurs in a High tension moment in the transport sector in Russia.

During the weekend, a series of attacks with Ukrainian drones caused serious Civil Aviation Disturbances From the country led by Vladimir Putin, which resulted in delays, cancellations and passengers retained at various airports. The situation worsened even more with an explosion on the Eco Wizard tanker ship, in the port of the Leningrad region, which caused an alarming ammonia leak.

Starovoit had assumed the position of Minister of Transport in May last year. Earlier, he led the transionic region of for almost five years. Three months after taking the transportation portfolio, the region was invaded by Ukraine, in the one that was The largest foreign foray into Russian territory since World War II.

In April, Starovoit’s successor as Governor of Kursk was accused of diversion of funds intended for defense.

Despite everything, o Porta-Voz do kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, He pushed rumors of loss of confidence in the minister who now died. “A loss of confidence is mentioned if there is loss of confidence,” he explained to journalists when asked.

However, Putin has already tightened his hand publicly to the heir to the folder: Andrei Nikitin, former governor of the Novgorod region, was appointed Minister of Interim Transportation.