Russia's Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country's state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee.

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.