Kremlin calls minister’s death ‘tragic’ but gives no clues on apparent suicide

Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit attends a meeting with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life.

It comes amid media speculation that he was potentially facing corruption charges.