Minister's Death Spooks Russian Elite Amid Corruption Clampdown

Fuente: International Business Times

Transport minister Starovoyt was found dead hours after he was dismissed by President Putin AFP The reported suicide of Russia's transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, sparking speculation he would be arrested on corruption charges, has shaken the country's elite. Roman Starovoyt was buried in Saint Petersburg on Friday, with his family weeping at his open coffin before it was lowered into the ground. The 53-year-old was found dead in his car on Monday in an elite Moscow suburb -- hours after Putin issued a decree to fire him, with no explanation.