Ex-Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Roman Starovoit, detached in the morning Putin from his post, committed suicide in Odintsovo near Moscow. This was reported on Monday, July 7 was reported in the telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The investigation establishes the circumstances of the death of Roman Starovoit, said the official representative of the IC of Russia Svetlana Petrenko.
“Today, the body of the former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Roman Vladimirovich Starovoit with a firearm, was discovered in the Odintsovo city district in a personal car,” follows from the publication.
Investigative bodies of the Main Directorate of the IC of Russia in the Moscow Region work on the spot, the circumstances of the incident are established, the department noted, adding that the main version is suicide.
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the Ministry of Transport of Romanesa Starovoit, the decree published on the portal of legal acts of the Russian Federation on Monday, July 7.
The presidential decree on the dismissal of the head of the Ministry of Transport comes into force from the date of its signing. The document does not have a wording about the reasons for the resignation of the Minister.
According to the Russian state media, he held this post since May 2024. Before that, Starovoit was the governor of the Kursk region.
Before that, Starovoit said that in Russia it is planned to increase the availability of air travel by 50 percent. Then he clarified that in 2025 four new terminals were already commissioned, and projects are largely implemented on the principles of public-private partnerships.
Starovoit emphasized that private business is now willingly investing in the construction of terminals.
Putin also signed on Monday signed a decree “On the performance of the duties of the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation”, the Kremlin press service reports.
“To assign to Nikitin Andrei Sergeyevich the performance of the duties of the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation before the appointment of the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation,” the decree said. The decree comes into force from the day of its signing.
The head of state personally met in the Kremlin with Andrei Nikitin and invited him to become the acting Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Roman Starovoit was dismissed from the post of Minister of Transport not in loss of confidence, otherwise the wording would be used in the text of the presidential decree, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said.
“The loss of confidence is said [in the decree], if this is a loss of trust, – said the representative of the Kremlin.” As you can see, this wording was not used “.
Answering the question of whether the dismissal of the old -wing manner with the mass detention of flights in Russian airports or with the previous stay of the politician as the Governor of the Kursk Region could be related, Peskov indicated: “I have nothing to add to what I already said.”
Prime Minister Mishustin introduced to the State Duma the candidacy of Andrei Nikitin for the post of Minister of Transport, the Government of the Russian Federation said.