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Russian President Vladimir Putin fired his Transport Minister connected Monday (July 7, 2025), according to a statesmanlike decree, removing Roman Starovoit from his station aft conscionable implicit a twelvemonth successful the job.
No crushed was fixed for Mr. Starovoit's unexpected dismissal. He was appointed Transport Minister successful May 2024 aft spending astir 5 years arsenic Governor of Russia's occidental Kursk region.
A fewer months aft vacating that role, Ukrainian troops spilled implicit the borderline into Kursk arsenic Kyiv launched its biggest incursion into Russian territory since the commencement of the warfare successful 2022.
Mr. Starovoit's predecessor arsenic Transport Minister, Vitaly Savelyev, became a Deputy Prime Minister. According to the Vedomosti regular newspaper, Mr. Starovoit's replacement could beryllium his lawman curate Andrei Nikitin, who was formerly politician of the Novgorod Region.
Prior to serving arsenic a determination governor, Mr. Starovoit had worked successful the transport sector, starring Russia's national roads bureau Rosavtodor for six years.
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