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Ex-Russian Minister Found Dead Amid Corruption Allegations

7/7/2025

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Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoyt was discovered dead from a gunshot wound in a Moscow suburb on July 7, just hours after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him. Authorities are investigating the death as a suicide, stirring speculation about a connection to corruption allegations in the Kursk region and turmoil within the aviation sector.

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Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoyt was discovered dead from a gunshot wound in a Moscow suburb on July 7, just hours after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him. Authorities are investigating the death as a suicide, stirring speculation about a connection to corruption allegations in the Kursk region and turmoil within the aviation sector.