President Putin sacked his transport minister. Hours later, his body was found in a park with a gunshot wound to the head.

It was a dramatic start to the week in Russia.

On Monday morning, Vladimir Putin sacked his transport minister, Roman Starovoit.

By the afternoon Starovoit was dead; his body was discovered in a park on the edge of Moscow with a gunshot wound to the head. A pistol, allegedly, beside the body.

Investigators said they presumed the former minister had taken his own life.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Not exactly.

    There were attempts after Mao to try to remove the threat of dictatorship from the government. The Politboro operated as a full committee until Xi consolidated power.