Russia's former transport minister was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound, hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him.

Minister of Transport Roman Starovoy likely killed himself hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin.

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)