Posted on 07/07/2025 8:04:41 AM PDT by dennisw
Russia's sacked transport minister has been found dead in his Tesla outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life, state investigators said on Monday, hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him.
A presidential decree published earlier on Monday gave no reason for the dismissal of Roman Starovoit after barely a year in the job, though political analysts were quick to raise the possibility that he may have been dismissed in connection with an investigation into corruption in the region he once ran.
Reuters could not independently confirm these suggestions, though a transport industry source, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said Starovoit's position had been in question for months due to questions about the same corruption scandal, which centred on funds earmarked for fortifying Russia's border with Ukraine in the Kursk region.
There were conflicting reports about the timing of Starovoit's death. Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement it was working to establish the precise circumstances.
Various Russian media cited law enforcement sources as saying a pistol belonging to Starovoit had been found alongside his body in his Tesla.
Before being appointed transport minister in May 2024, Starovoit had been governor of the Kursk region for nearly five years.
Three months after he became transport minister, Ukrainian troops crossed the border into Kursk in the biggest foreign incursion into Russian territory since World War Two and were only pushed out earlier this year after fierce fighting and widespread destruction.
In April this year, Starovoit's successor as governor, Alexei Smirnov, was charged with embezzling money earmarked for defence purposes amid accusations that the funds earmarked for border defences had been stolen, leaving Kursk more vulnerable to Ukrainian attack.
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Wait a minute, as bad as The bloodthirsty woman without a beating heart, how dare you.
Is ‘tesla’ Russian for ‘head’?
They do seem to be in competition...
Had to be suicide; he didn’t fall out of a window.
Darn that Musk!
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That’s the way I read it. It’s even worse than being kicked in the Tesla.
I understand they have excellent video capture. Maybe Tesla can confirm the circumstances??
When Putin fires you, he really fires you.
A trick he picked up from Stalin.
Corrupt and incompetent are resume enhancements in The United States government at all levels, even at the HOA level.
“Why does this headline mention Tesla?”
I also was wondering that. Perhaps it is significant. If the battery charge level was below where he could not get to the next charge station he may have been overcome by “battery anxiety”
Bullet thru the windshield? Definitely suicide.
/s
Military Summary Channel
https://youtu.be/u_15yE62PnM
Prokrosk looking to fall next.
Must be a new strategy by Ukies.
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