According to Russian media reports, the head of the board of directors of the Russian oil giant Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died after falling out of a window. The incident happened in a Moscow hospital, said two people familiar with the death. The circumstances were initially unclear. A company-related insider said that Lukoil management is assuming suicide. However, he did not see any evidence of this. Two people close to Maganow considered the suicide declaration to be “highly unlikely”. Lukoil said Maganow died after a serious illness. In the past few months, several executives of Russian energy companies have died under unclear circumstances. Among them are Gazprom manager Alexander Tyulakov, former Lukoil manager Alexander Subbotin, ex-vice president of Gazprombank Vladislav Avaev and former Novatek top manager Sergei Protosenya, who died with his wife and daughter in a villa in Moscow Spain was found. The Catalan Regional Police believe Protosenja killed his wife and daughter and then himself.
Maganov has worked at the second largest Russian oil company since 1993 and became chairman in 2020. He was a close associate of Vagit Alekperov, one of the founders of Lukoil, and frequently attended meetings of Russian oil producers and the Ministry of Energy. Alekperov resigned as president of Lukoil in April after Britain froze his assets and imposed a travel ban as part of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.