6 h. ago Russia’s former transport minister dies from gunshot hours after sacking

News of Roman Starovoit’s death made public shortly after that of his sacking by Putin, but timeline is unconfirmedRussia’s former transport minister has died from a gunshot wound just hours after Vladimir Putin sacked him.The body of Roman Starovoit, the ex-minister, was found in his car in a Moscow suburb. He appeared to have killed himself, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Russia’s former transport minister dies from gunshot wound hours after sacking

News of Roman Starovoit’s death in his car made public shortly after that of his sacking by Putin, though timeline of events remains unconfirmedRussia’s former transport minister has died from a gunshot wound just hours after he was sacked by Vladimir Putin.The body of Roman Starovoit, the ex-minister, was found in his car in a Moscow suburb. He appeared to have killed himself, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Russian transport minister 'shoots himself dead' hours after being sacked by Vladimir Putin

Roman Starovoit was reportedly found with a ‘gunshot wound’ near the capital Moscow

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8 h. ago Russian minister found dead in car with gunshot wounds hours after Putin sacked him

Russian minister Roman Starovoit, 53, who was sacked by Vladimir Putin in connection with a corruption probe, was found dead from gunshot wounds at his home in Russia just hours later

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8 h. ago Russian transport minister is found dead with gunshot wound 'in his Tesla' hours after being sacked by Putin

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

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8 h. ago Russian transport minister fired by Vladimir Putin ‘dies by suicide’

Roman Starovoyt’s death came amid ongoing corruption probe into defensive fortifications in Kursk

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12 h. ago Russia fires over 100 drones at Ukraine as Kremlin dismisses transport chief after travel chaos

Russia has launched over 100 drones targeting civilian areas in Ukraine

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12 h. ago Russia fires over 100 drones at Ukraine as Kremlin dismisses transport chief

Ukrainian officials say at least 10 civilians have been killed and 38 injured in 24 hours

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12 h. ago Russia fires more than 100 drones at Ukraine as Kremlin dismisses transport head

Ukrainian officials say at least 10 civilians have been killed and 38 injured in 24 hours

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6 d. ago Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist whose multimillion-dollar ministry was crippled by his encounters with prostitutes, has died

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2 w. ago Fears legalising assisted dying may 'break the NHS' and lead to cuts in care as minister confirms there is no extra money for helping people die

Dame Siobhain McDonagh warned that an assisted dying service could 'rob our stretched NHS of much needed resources' after Wes Streeting spoke in the Commons.

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