Let's talk about the incident where the Russian Minister of Transport was just dismissed and then committed suicide a few days ago.

This incident is known to many people, referring to the suicide of the Russian Minister of Transport, Starovoyt, on the 7th local time.

Earlier that day, he had just been announced by Putin to be removed from his position.

Regarding Starovoyt's death, the Kremlin said it was shocked, and emphasized that Putin did not remove him from his position because he lost trust in him.

Next, I will share my opinion on this matter.

First of all, it is likely that Starovoyt's decision to take his own life was related to his previous work experience, which was serving as the Governor of Kursk Oblast for six years.

Starovoyt served as the governor of Kursk Oblast from May 2018 to May 24, and was later transferred to the central government of Russia.

During the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, before he was transferred, his main focus was on border defense.

However, the Ukrainian army launched a surprise attack on Kursk Oblast in August 24, causing a major embarrassment for Russia on the world stage. At the same time, it led to many people within Russia beginning to question Starovoyt's capabilities.

This is not all, Starovoyt also did not do well in the Ministry of Transport. In recent months, there have been multiple major incidents related to transportation in Russia, including train derailments, UAV attacks on Russian airports by the Ukrainian army, and recent widespread delays in Russian flights.

Each of these incidents has increased Putin's disappointment in Starovoyt, eventually leading to the decision to dismiss him.

This may be the reason why Starovoyt chose to commit suicide, as he saw his own fate.

But what I want to say here is that Starovoyt's death is not an end but a beginning, and three major state machines in Russia are about to face a large-scale purge.

These three machines are the military industry, transportation, and diplomacy of Russia. As for the reasons for the purge, it is naturally because these departments, closely related to national security, have not met Putin's satisfaction.

Firstly, let's talk about the military industry. This department has been controversial since the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, as the actual combat effectiveness of the Russian army on the battlefield is very different from what people previously expected.

Originally, Russia believed the war could be quickly ended, but it turned into a long and exhausting war of attrition.

If we trace back the root cause, it is naturally due to serious corruption within the Russian military, with too many worms at all levels, seriously affecting the combat capability of the army.

A large country like Russia not only has fake domestic chips, but even drones have to rely on North Korea to make them. By the end, North Korea not only provided equipment from behind but also sent people to fight on the front lines themselves.

Although North Korea's participation greatly alleviated the pressure on the Russian army, it also showed the weakness of Russia to the world.

This made Putin very upset, and he began to take strict measures to clean up the internal corruption of the Russian military.

If we pay a little attention, we can find that since 2023, several high-ranking officials in the Russian military have been imprisoned, and this wave of wind has not stopped yet.

Two days ago, there was news that the Russian authorities arrested a deputy commander of the National Guard, accused of corruption.

The second department that Putin is about to clean up is the transportation sector. This is because the transportation sector has serious corruption problems and poor railway and emergency supply capabilities.

Everyone knows that transportation is the lifeline during wartime. For the army to maintain strong combat power, the logistics cannot have problems, and among them, transportation plays an important role.

However, over the past few years of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the outside world has seen that Russia has significant problems in transportation, and this is not something that can be solved by simply dismissing one minister.

Putin needs to carry out a large-scale replacement in the entire department, cleaning out the "impurities" so that the department can be renewed and play its due role.

As for why Putin decided to take action against the foreign affairs department, it is because Russia often finds itself in a passive position on various international issues, which is closely related to the diplomats.

Therefore, Russia has taken measures on this. Previously, there were reports that in 2024, some Russian diplomats were restricted from leaving the country, to prevent them from fleeing.

In the end, I want to say that what happened in Russia tells us that when the war drags on, it's not just the front line that becomes uncontrollable, but also the system itself. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is the most vivid example of this.

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