Another Russian magnate appears to have died under suspicious circumstances. Ravil Maganov, 67, chairman of Lukoil’s board of directors, died Thursday “after falling from a hospital window in Moscow.” A source told Reuters news agency.
According to Lukoil, the man died ‘after a serious illness’. However, some Russian media and the Reuters news agency report that he died after falling from the window of a hospital in Moscow. Reuters reports that on the authority of an insider. According to The Moscow Times Maganov’s body has been found by hospital staff.
Regret
Lukoil says in a press release that he regrets having to announce that Maganov has passed away. He “contributed immensely to the development not only of the company, but of the entire Russian oil and gas sector,” it sounds. The company also praises the managerial qualities of the chairman, who has received ‘many national awards’ for this.
Maganov has been chairman of Lukoil since 2020 and received an award from President Vladimir Putin in 2019. In March, the Lukoil administration was still critical of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In May, a former top executive of Lukoil mysteriously passed away at the age of 43.
There are this year already several Russian businessmen and energy tycoons mysteriously died. The official cause of death was often suicide, such as Leonid Shulman (60), Aleksandr Tyulyakov (61) and Vladislav Avayev (51), all of whom had important positions at natural gas company Gazprom in the past.
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