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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

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

Roman Starovoit emerging from a car in a suit with furrowed brow
Roman Starovoit oversaw the construction of defences in Kursk on the Ukraine border in his previous job. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/EPA

Russia’s former transport minister has died from a gunshot wound just hours after Vladimir Putin sacked him.

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.

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