Russian transportation official drops dead in office on same day as transportation minister’s suicide

Andrey Korneichuk, deputy head of the Russian Federal Road Agency’s Property Management Department, died at the Transportation Ministry’s Moscow headquarters on Monday. According to Telegram channels with close ties to Russian law enforcement, the 42-year-old official died either in his office or during a meeting. Korneichuk reportedly stood up suddenly, collapsed to the floor, and died. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Preliminary reports indicate that his heart stopped.

Korneichuk reportedly died after news broke that Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit had been dismissed from his post. Starovoit was later found dead by suicide.