The CEO of Russian oil company Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling out of a Moscow hospital window. This is reported by the Interfax news agency. The police have initiated investigations, according to media reports, the most likely cause is suicide. It is said that the 67-year-old Maganow was diagnosed with heart problems and depression in the hospital. Maganov has worked at the second largest Russian oil company since 1993 and became CEO in 2020. He was a close associate of Vagit Alekperov, one of the founders of Lukoil. Alekperov resigned as President of Lukoil in April after Britain froze his assets and imposed a travel ban on him as part of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.
Maganov’s death is not the first among Russia’s top managers since the outbreak of war: According to media reports, Lukoil manager Alexander Subbotin died before him in May, allegedly while undergoing occult treatment for alcohol addiction. In addition, several managers of Russian energy companies have been found dead since the beginning of the year. They too are said to have taken their own lives. In a video interview published on YouTube at the end of April, Gazprombank’s longtime deputy head Igor Volobuev doubts that the deaths were suicides. Shortly before, Volobuyev had fled to Ukraine and stated that he wanted to fight Russian troops there.