INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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.Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning
The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting
found inside a car in Odintsovo, a suburb of Moscow
He was found with a gunshot wound, the committee said
Starovoit was the governor of the southern Russian Kursk region
dismissal came amid a multi-day disruption to air travel in Russia
Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport said 485 flights were canceled, 88 were diverted and 1,900 were delayed over the weekend and into
But the Russian Defense Ministry said more than 400 Ukrainian long-range strikes were intercepted during the same period of time.Source:
