Russia says minister fired by Putin killed himself

Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself, Moscow announced on Monday, hours after the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had fired him.Starovoyt, 53, had been Russia’s transport minister for a year and was previously the governor of the border Kursk region, where Russia had battled a Ukrainian incursion.His suicide came as Russia cracks down on some military and civilian officials in the midst of the Ukraine offensive.Authorities said Starovoyt’s bo