JUST IN: Russian Oil Chief Who Criticized #Ukraine War, #Maganov Dies In Fall From Hospital Window [PHOTO]—-Maganov, 67, was being treated at the city’s Central Clinical Hospital and died from his injuries
He is the latest of a number of high-profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances.
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Lukoil called for the war to end.
Early in March, the Lukoil board called for the conflict in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, expressing its sympathy to victims of “this tragedy”.
Lukoil, which is Russia’s second-largest oil producer, was one of the few companies in the country to come out in opposition to the war in Ukraine.
In a statement in March it said: “Calling for the soonest termination of the armed conflict, we express our sincere empathy for all victims, who are affected by this tragedy.
“We strongly support a lasting ceasefire and a settlement of problems through serious negotiations and diplomacy.”
Mr Maganov had worked at Lukoil since 1993, shortly after the company’s inception, and had overseen its refining, production and exploration, becoming chairman in 2020. His brother Nail is the head of mid-sized Russian oil producer Tatneft.
Ravil Maganov was a close associate of one of Lukoil’s founders, Vagit Alekperov. Mr Alekperov, a former Soviet deputy oil minister, resigned as president of Lukoil in April, a week after the UK imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on him as part of sanctions in response to the war.
It marks the second death of a senior executive with links to Lukoil within months.
Billionaire Alexander Subbotin, a former board member of Lukoil who owned a shipping company, allegedly died after shamans treated him with toad venom to cure his hangover.
At least six other Russian energy executives have also died in mysterious circumstances in recent months.
Yury Voronov, the head of a logistics company that held lucrative contracts with Gazprom, was found with a gunshot wound to his head in the swimming pool of his home in a luxury suburb of St Petersburg in July.
That followed the deaths of Leonid Shulman, head of Gazprom Invest’s transport service, near St Petersburg in January and Alexander Tyulakov, a deputy general director at Gazprom, a month later.
Mikhail Watford, a Ukrainian-born oligarch who made his fortune through oil and gas, was found dead at his home in Surrey in February.
