Former Russian transport minister commits suicide after dismissal this morning

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit has dedicated suicide on the day of his dismissal.

Supply: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Telegram channels Shot and Mash, pro-Kremlin publication RIA Novosti

Particulars: Starovoit's loss of life was confirmed by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. They reported that the previous minister's physique with a gunshot wound was discovered within the Odintsovo municipal district in his private automobile. Russian investigators say they’re investigating the circumstances of his loss of life.

Telegram channels report {that a} firearm was discovered subsequent to the physique, and the preliminary reason behind Starovoit's suicide is a doable legal case involving violations through the building of fortifications in Kursk Oblast.

Mash reviews that Starovoit signed a choice by the area's operational headquarters to permit the Kursk Oblast Improvement Company to spend 19 billion roubles (US$241 million) and choose subcontractors itself.

As well as, the investigation is checking the potential for Starovoit's involvement in violations within the procurement of medicines for hospitals within the oblast and within the "failed transport reform" in Kursk, which didn’t restore tram tracks and ship new carriages.

Starovoit was testified in opposition to by the previous head of Kursk Oblast, Alexei Smirnov, who was arrested in a case involving the embezzlement of 1 billion roubles (US$12 million). The identical was performed by the previous director common of the company, Vladimir Lukin, and former Kursk head deputy Maxim Vasilyev, who was concerned within the building enterprise. Each are at the moment in pre-trial detention.

Russian chief Vladimir Putin dismissed Starovoit on the morning of seven July.

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