Minister of Transport Roman Starovoy likely killed himself hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin.

Russia's former transport minister was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound, hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him.

Putin fired Roman Starovoit, Russia's transport minister, from his post on the morning of July 7. A few hours later, the media reported the death of the latter. True, Starovoit could have been already dead at the time of his release. This was reported by "24 Kanal" with reference to the Russian media.