The chairman of Russia’s second largest oil producer has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, based on studies within the nation.
Ravil Maganov, who was additionally vice chairman at Lukoil, had overtly criticised the struggle in Ukraine.
The 67-year-old was chair of the corporate’s board which known as for the “soonest termination of the armed conflict” and expressed “sincere empathy for all victims” in March.
The assertion continued: “We strongly support a lasting ceasefire and a settlement of problems through serious negotiations and diplomacy.”
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Mr Maganov died after falling from a sixth flooring window on the Central Clinical Hospital this morning, based on RBC News in Russia.
Other Russian media retailers and the Reuters information company, citing unnamed sources, have additionally stated Mr Maganov fell from a window.
The hospital, reportedly often known as the “Kremlin Clinic” for its remedy of sufferers from Russia’s political and enterprise elite, confirmed the loss of life to Russia’s state-run information company RIA Novosti with out disclosing the circumstances.
It is identical hospital the place former Soviet chief Mikhail Gorbachev died on Tuesday.
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Mr Maganov is the second prime Lukoil government to die in mysterious circumstances in latest months.
Russian police opened a prison case after the loss of life of former Lukoil government Alexander Subbotin in early May, The Moscow Times studies.
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Mr Maganov had labored at Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately held oil producer, since 1993 and had overseen its refining, manufacturing and exploration operations.
He turned chairman in 2020.
Mr Maganov was a detailed affiliate of one of many firm’s founders Vagit Alekperov, a former Soviet deputy oil minister, who was sanctioned by Britain after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
His brother Nail is the top of mid-sized Russian oil producer Tatneft.
No quick remark was obtainable from Lukoil.
Source: information.sky.com”