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.

A Russian minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with an apparent ‘self-inflicted’ gunshot wound hours after being sacked by Vladimir Putin. Roman Starovoit, 53, was sacked after barely a year as transport minister without an official explanation on Monday.

July 7 (UPI) -- Roman Vladimirovich Starovoit was found dead near Moscow on Monday, just hours after he was terminated from his position as Russian transport minister by President Vladimir Putin.