Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself Monday hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies reported.
Starovoyt shot himself in a Moscow suburb after the dismissal was announced, news agencies reported.
Russian former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit is presumed to have killed himself, Russia's investigative committee said on Monday.
"Today, the body of the former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Roman Starovoit, was found with a gunshot wound in his personal car," the statement issued by the committee says.
