The deputy director of the land department of the Ministry of Transportation of Russia, Andréi Korneichuk, He died suddenly in his jobor after learning about the dismissal and death of the former transport minister Novelaccording to several media.
“It is a black day for the Ministry of Transportation. The head of the land department, Andréi Korneichuk, died today in his job at the Ministry’s headquarters,” Telegram 112 channel reported.
The media pointed out that the 42 -year -old official felt badly “of the heart”, rose from his work table and He collapsed “like segated by a scythe.”
“When the doctors arrived, they could only verify the death of the official,” he added.
According to the Telegram Shot channel, the preliminary cause of his death is a heart attack “that could have taken place in the context of the news about the dismissal of former Minister Starovoit”, who was later found without life to the west of the Russian capital, allegedly because of suicide.
Starovoit, 53 and former governor of the Kursk region, assumed the transport portfolio in May 2024.
According to some Russian media, the official He could have committed suicide on the night of July 5 to 6 with his honorific gun Makárov that was presented to him in 2023 in recognition of his service.
However, the popular Telegram Mash channel says that former Minister of Transportation held a meeting with his subordinates, then said goodbye and left home, next to which his body was then found without life.
At the head of the Kursk region, Starovoit was replaced by Alexéi Smirnov, who was arrested last April accused of a crime of corruption and fraud in the construction of defensive lines next to the border with Ukraine.
The Russian Telegram channels say that Starovoit could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement after other politicians, including Smirnov, declared against him.
In August 2024, three months after Starovoit left Kursk to assume his position in the Government, the Armed Forces of Ukraine invaded and occupied part of that region, of which they were expelled only last April.