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The (Untimely) Death Of Roman Starovoit Has Rattled Russia’s Elites. Why?
Hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead from a gunshot ...
The Moscow Times on MSN11h
Boris Bondarev: Not Even a Putinist Minister's Suicide Could Unite Russia's Opposition
The death of the Transport Minister and former governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit split Russia’s already fractured opposition. Supporters of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) were the first to ...
What the firing and death of a transport minister reveals about Putin’s Russia
As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state ...
Russian transport minister’s death fuels speculation about harsher environment for Kremlin elites
The death of a Russian Cabinet minister in a field near his posh home in a Moscow suburb has fueled wild speculation about ...
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What The Death Of Roman Starovoit Says About Putin’s Russia
The murk surrounding the death of Russia’s transport minister – allegedly tied to the theft of border defenses -- has ...
Wellbeing Whisper on MSN5d
Behind Closed Doors in Moscow How Starovoit’s Death Echoes Russia’s Dark Political Legacy and Media Tactics
Unlike before, when you could get these jobs, get rich, get promoted from regional level to federal level, today, that is ...
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Kremlin offers no new clues about apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister
The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new ...
Russian minister was implicated in embezzlement investigation before death, sources say
A sacked Russian official who was found dead with a gunshot wound in a park outside Moscow was implicated in an official ...