- Roman Starovoit, a Putin insider, has been found dead in a car in a Moscow suburb. Russian authorities say it is likely a suicide. Since 2022, there have been dozens of “suicides” among the political and business elite who orbit Putin.
Roman Starovoit, Russia’s recently ousted transport minister, was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car in a Moscow suburb on Monday, just hours after President Vladimir Putin abruptly dismissed him. Russian authorities have launched an investigation, with suicide cited as the leading theory.
