Russian minister found dead hours after Putin fired him
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Russia’s transport minister, who also previously served as governor of the Kursk region ahead of Ukraine’s 2024 incursion, was found dead just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from his ministerial role.

Roman Starovoyt, 53, was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car, and Russia’s Investigative Committee — Moscow’s chief criminal investigation agency — said it was looking into the circumstances surrounding his death, including suicide, according to multiple reports. 

Starovoyt oversaw the Kursk region for more than half a decade before he was made Transport Minister in May 2024.

Roman Starovoyt found dead by gunshot wound

Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt arrives at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2025. (MAXIM SHEMETOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Some reporting suggested that Starovoyt was aware his time as transport minister was likely to be cut short soon, though a report by East2West also noted that he left his office without saying goodbye to any of his colleagues.

“According to the source, he guessed about his upcoming dismissal, but found out only this morning,” the media outlet said. “At 9:15am, the news about the president’s order appeared.”

By 9:35 a.m. Starovoyt had apparently ordered his secretary to leave and then locked himself in his office. He then left the building around 10 a.m.

Putin walks with Roman Starovoyt in Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), accompanied with Russian head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov (C) and head of the Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoyt (L), inspects the site of the under-construction bridge across the Kerch strait, which will link Russia and the Crimean peninsula, on the island of Tuzla, on March 18, 2016.  (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

The Kremlin confirmed he was fired from the top job before it was revealed that Starovoyt was dead after his girlfriend, Polina Korneeva, 25, allegedly found him dead in an affluent neighborhood outside of Moscow. 

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed questions over whether Starovoyt had been terminated from his position over a loss of confidence, reported Russian news outlets. 

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