Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, Russian state news agency RIA reported.

Roman Starovoyt shot himself in a Moscow suburb after the dismissal was announced. The Russian authorities said his body was found in his car.

A former Russian minister has died just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin. Russian media is reporting that Roman Starovoit, the former Transport Minister, has taken his own life following his dismissal on Monday. The Investigative Committee of Russia has said that Starovoit was 'found in a personal car with a gunshot wound.'