The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life amid media speculation he potentially was facing corruption charges.

A RUSSIAN transport official died in office on the same day as Vladimir Putin’s transport minister apparently killed himself after being sacked, it has emerged. Roman Starovoit, who had held

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.