Russia's Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country's state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee.

The Russian transport minister recently sacked by President Vladimir Putin, Roman Starovoit, has been found dead with a gunshot wound in a car, the central investigative committee in Moscow reported on Monday.

Roman Starovoit was dismissed from the post of head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation not because of loss of trust, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing.