Russia’s former transport minister dies from gunshot wound hours after sacking

<p>News of Roman Starovoit’s death in his car made public shortly after that of his sacking by Putin, though timeline of events remains unconfirmed</p><p>Russia’s former transport minister has died from a gunshot wound just hours after he was sacked by Vladimir Putin.</p><p>The body of Roman Starovoit, the ex-minister, was found in his car in a Moscow suburb. He appeared to have killed himself, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/russias-former-transport-minister-dies-from-gunshot-wound-hours-after-sacking">Continue reading...</a>