“In the morning of July 7, the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin released Roman Starovoit from the post of Minister of Transport of”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The reports differ in the date of death – Forbes writes that it happened above a day ago. Similar information with reference to sources is given by telegram channels Shot and Baza.
Earlier, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Alexei Kartpolov, commenting on the death of Starovoit, said it happened “long ago”.
The RBC source said the body of Starovoit was discovered on Saturday, July 5.
Instead, Mash telegram channel claims that in the morning of July 7, Starovoit was still at work at the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
In the morning of July 7, the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin had released Roman Starovoit from the post of Minister of Transport of Russia.
The suicide of Starovoit became known around 4:00 pm on July 7. Initially, this was reported by telegrams, close to security forces. Subsequently, the information was officially confirmed by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
Roman Starovoit has held the post of Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation since May 2024. Before that, since October 2018, he headed the Kursk region. He was replaced by Alexei Smirnov as head of the region. In April 2025, Smirnova was detained in the case of fraud during the construction of defense structures at the border of Kursk region with Ukraine. According to the source of RBC, there was a verification of the possible involvement in these theft.