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Russian Transport Minister Starovoit Dies by Suicide Shortly After Dismissal

Investigative Committee cites evidence from his car to rule the death a suicide

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Overview

  • President Vladimir Putin removed Starovoit after 14 months as Transport Minister in a morning decree on July 7.
  • Starovoit’s body was found hours later in his car in Odintsovo with a gunshot wound.
  • Russia’s Investigative Committee provisionally concluded that the evidence indicates suicide.
  • Deputy Minister Andrei Nikitin was appointed acting Transport Minister pending State Duma confirmation.
  • Starovoit’s tenure had been overshadowed by a fraud probe into defense procurement in the Kursk region that led to his successor’s arrest.