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Individual · Senior state officials
DECEASED · Found dead 7 July 2025
Roman Starovoit
Former transport minister
Starovoit was Russia’s transport minister until Putin dismissed him on 7 July 2025. His body was reported found the same day.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
This is a formal cabinet connection, not evidence of personal friendship. The date of discovery should also be kept separate from an independently established time of death.
Death record · Found dead 7 July 2025
Authorities reported finding his body with a gunshot wound on 7 July 2025. Investigators initially described suicide as the leading explanation.
Evidence limit: This page uses the reported discovery date. It does not establish an exact time of death, motive, or a final forensic finding. The dismissal and death should not be assumed to have a proven causal link.
- Record type
- Historical individual dossier · deceased
- Former role
- Former transport minister
- Network sector
- Senior state officials
- Documented links
- 1
Profile
Starovoit was Russia’s transport minister until Putin dismissed him on 7 July 2025. His body was reported found the same day.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH Russia network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
AP reported that Putin dismissed Transport Minister Starovoit on 7 July 2025.
Limit: A presidential personnel decision establishes a formal connection, not friendship or responsibility for a subsequent death report.
AP · Starovoit found dead, 7 July 2025Historical scope & limits
- This is a selected historical record, not a complete biography or list of deceased Russian elites.
- Historical relationships may predate the five-year death window. Position in the chart is a subject grouping, not a rank of closeness.
- Inclusion does not imply assassination, suspicious circumstances, or responsibility by Putin. See the individual death record and its limitations.
Source record
- 01AP · Starovoit found dead, 7 July 2025
Reports his dismissal as transport minister by Putin and discovery of his body on 7 July. Investigators described suicide as the initial leading explanation; the precise death time is not established here.