Oil giant Lukoil writes in a press release today that chairman Ravil Maganov has died. According to the Russian newspaper RBC, the incident happened at 06.30 today Norwegian time. According to the newspaper, Maganov is said to have fallen from the 6th floor of Moscow’s Central Hospital, also known as the Kremlin Hospital. According to the website Mash, he died at the scene from his injuries, and was discovered by medical personnel. The Moscow Central Hospital is located in the western part of the city. Unclear sequence of events It is unclear how Maganov allegedly fell out of the window. He was in the hospital with heart problems, writes RBC. The police are working on site to interview staff and patients at the hospital. According to several state-run Russian news agencies and newspapers, the investigators suspect that it was a suicide. The independent newspaper Meduza points out, however, that there is no independent confirmation of the information. However, Lukoil writes in a press release that Maganov passed away after a long course of illness. Called for an end to the war in Ukraine Maganov was born in 1954 in Almetyevsk in the republic of Tatarstan. He started working for Lukoil in 1993. In 2006 he became vice president of the company, and in 2020 he became chairman of the board. Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd. Photo: REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER / Reuters Lukoil is Russia’s largest oil company, and Russia’s second largest company after the gas company Gazprom. Maganov was a close associate of one of Lukoil’s founders, Vagit Alekperov. Alekperov resigned as director of Lukoil in April, a week after Britain placed him on a sanctions list over the war in Ukraine. In March, the Lukoil board published a statement calling for an end to the war in Ukraine. “We hereby express our deepest concern for the tragic events in Ukraine. We call for an immediate end to the armed conflict, and express our sincere condolences to all the victims,” the statement said. More dead business people In the last six months, several Russian oligarchs have been found dead under unclear circumstances. Yuri Voronov: The Russian multi-millionaire was found dead in his house in St.Petersburg in July this year. He was found in his pool, shot in the head, writes the British newspaper The Times. Voronov, headed Astra Shipping, a transport company that has worked with Gazprom. Aleksander Tyulakov: The day after the war broke out, director of Gazprom Aleksander Tyulakov was found dead in his garage. The cause of death is said to have been suicide, writes Novaya Gazeta. Mikhail Watford: Three days after Tyulakov, on February 28, Mikhail Watford, a Ukrainian-born Russian billionaire, was found dead at his home in Surrey, England. According to the Daily Mail, the 66-year-old was found by an employee. The police, according to the Guardian, have stated that the death is not considered suspicious. Vasilij Melnikov: Was found dead on March 23 with his family in Nizhny Novgorod, which is east of Moscow. Melnikov owned the company MedStrom, which supplies medical equipment. He, his wife, and the children were all found stabbed. According to investigators, there were no signs of a burglary in the apartment. Vladislav Avajev, former vice president of Gazprombank, was found dead with his wife and daughter in their apartment in Moscow. They were all found with gunshot wounds. According to the state news agency Tass, it is about murder and suicide. Sergej Protosenja: The following day, former vice president and accounting manager at Novatek, Sergej Protosenja, met the same fate. He was found dead in the garden outside the family’s holiday home in Lloret del Mar. The wife and daughter were found dead inside the house.
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