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The Hill
07-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Russian minister dies hours after being sacked by Putin
Russia's former transport minister, Roman Starovoit, was found dead in his car on Monday, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his post, according to local officials. Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for Russia's State Investigative Committee, said the former minister's body was found in his personal car with a gunshot wound and that the committee was on the scene investigating. Starovoit's death 'is preliminary being called a suicide,' according to TASS, the state-run news agency. Starovoit was dismissed from his post on Monday morning, and Putin tapped Andrey Kinitin to serve in his stead as acting transport minister. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the former minister was not fired 'due to a loss of trust,' adding, 'otherwise, the presidential decree would have explicitly stated so,' TASS reported. The Kremlin posted an official decree signed by Putin on Monday morning, saying Starovoit had been relieved of his duties. Starovoit began in the post in May 2024. He had previously served for several years as governor of the Kursk region, which was invaded by Kyiv three months after he became transport minister. Ukraine held that territory until April of this year, when Russian troops forced them out.
Washington Post
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Russia's transportation minister found dead, likely of suicide, say authorities
Russia's recently fired transportation minister, Roman Starovoit, was found dead in his car, and probably died of suicide, Russia's State Investigative Committee said Monday. Starovoit's body, bearing a gunshot wound, was found in his car in Odintsovo, a suburb of Moscow, spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said in a post on the messaging site Telegram. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of his death but 'the main preliminary cause of death is suicide.'
Al Arabiya
04-06-2025
- General
- Al Arabiya
Russia says the West is involved in Ukraine's attacks on civilian targets
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that the West was involved, both directly and indirectly, in Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against civilian targets in Russia. US President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy said the risk of escalation from the war in Ukraine was 'going way up' after Ukrainian forces used drones to strike nuclear-capable bombers at several airbases deep inside Russia. Russia's State Investigative Committee on Tuesday accused Ukraine of carrying out 'acts of terrorism' by blowing up two railway bridges in Russia over the weekend. The blowing up of a highway bridge over a passenger train in Bryansk left at least seven people dead and dozens injured, including two children. Asked if Russia thought the West was involved in the attacks over recent days, Zakharova said the West supplied weapons, gave target coordinates, refused to condemn such attacks and actively incited such attacks. 'These are several areas that prove the fact of the involvement, both direct and indirect, and the guilt of the West for the terrorist attacks that are taking place against civilians and civilian infrastructure facilities by the Kyiv regime,' Zakharova said. Ukraine has not commented on the weekend bridge attacks.
