Overview

• Starovoit had led the Transport Ministry since May 2024 after serving as governor of the Kursk region.
• Investigators found his body in his private car parked in the Moscow suburbs on July 7.
• Authorities said the body bore a gunshot wound and classified the death as a likely suicide.
• Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said the dismissal did not reflect any loss of presidential trust.
• Kommersant reported that Starovoit faced allegations of embezzling about one billion rubles intended for Ukraine border defense projects.