Russian law enforcement agents carry the body of former Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit, who was found dead from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, investigators said Monday, hours after his dismissal in Odintsovo, outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 7, 2025. (Evgeniy Razumniy/Kommersant Photo via AP)

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.

Roman V. Starovoyt, the transport minister, had governed Russia’s western Kursk region before Ukrainian forces invaded in 2024 and occupied part of the territory.