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Russia’s transport minister, who additionally beforehand served as governor of the Kursk area forward of Ukraine’s 2024 incursion, was discovered useless simply hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from his ministerial position.
Roman Starovoyt, 53, was discovered useless from a gunshot wound in his automobile, and Russia’s Investigative Committee — Moscow’s chief prison investigation company — stated it was trying into the circumstances surrounding his demise, together with suicide, in keeping with a number of studies.
Starovoyt oversaw the Kursk region for greater than half a decade earlier than he was made Transport Minister in Could 2024.
Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt arrives at a gathering of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on the Kremlin in Moscow on Could 7, 2025. (MAXIM SHEMETOV/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk — which ended earlier this 12 months — not solely shocked the worldwide neighborhood with Moscow’s lack of ability to instantly stop the incursion however prompted Russia to look in direction of allied nations like North Korea to ship in further boots on the bottom.
The incident additionally garnered a swift rebuke from Putin and led to the arrest of at the least two officers who have been accused of embezzling funds that ought to have allegedly been used in direction of securing the border with Ukraine, reported Reuters in April.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak (L) and head of the Federal Highway Company Roman Starovoyt, factors on the map whereas inspecting the location of the under-construction bridge throughout the Kerch strait, which can hyperlink Russia and the Crimean peninsula, onboard a helicopter, on March 18, 2016. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/Sputnik/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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Some reporting steered that Starovoyt was conscious his time as transport minister was prone to be reduce brief quickly, although a report by East2West additionally famous that he left his workplace with out saying goodbye to any of his colleagues.
“In response to the supply, he guessed about his upcoming dismissal, however came upon solely this morning,” the media outlet stated. “At 9:15am, the information in regards to the president’s order appeared.”
By 9:35 a.m. Starovoyt had apparently ordered his secretary to depart after which locked himself in his workplace. He then left the constructing round 10 a.m.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), accompanied with Russian head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov (C) and head of the Federal Highway Company Roman Starovoyt (L), inspects the location of the under-construction bridge throughout the Kerch strait, which can hyperlink Russia and the Crimean peninsula, on the island of Tuzla, on March 18, 2016. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/Sputnik/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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The Kremlin confirmed he was fired from the highest job earlier than it was revealed that Starovoyt was dead after his girlfriend, Polina Korneeva, 25, allegedly discovered him useless in an prosperous neighborhood exterior of Moscow.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed questions over whether or not Starovoyt had been terminated from his place over a lack of confidence, reported Russian information shops.
