Russia's Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country's state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee.

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said. Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning.

Russia’s former transport minister has been found dead from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, just hours after Vladimir Putin sacked him. The Kremlin did not give a reason for the firing of Roman Starovoit, who had served as transport minister since May 2024, and it was unclear when exactly he died.