Moscow, July 7, 2025 (AFP) - Russia says minister fired by Putin killed himself

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2025-07-07

Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself, Moscow announced on Monday, hours after the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had fired him. Starovoyt, 53, had been Russia's transport minister for a year and was previously the governor of the border Kursk region, where Russia had battled a Ukrainian incursion. His suicide came as Russia cracks down on some military and civilian officials in the midst of the Ukraine offensi......

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