Ravil Maganov, president of Lukoil, a Russian oil giant, died Thursday after falling from a window of the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital.
The company issued a statement early Thursday confirming the death of Maganov, of years old, “after a serious illness”, but did not specify the cause.
“Ravil Maganov contributed immensely to the development not only of the Company, but of the entire Russian oil and gas sector”, reads the statement.
According to NBC News, it has not been verified how he died. The hospital declined to comment and referred the comments to police, who declined to comment.
Lukoil is the Russia’s second largest oil producer and at the time criticized President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
The company’s board of directors called for an end to the war in early March, a few days later of the large-scale invasion of Russia’s neighbor.
“Calling for the early termination of the armed conflict, we express our sincere empathy for all the victims, who are affected by this tragedy” , reads a statement from its directory.
Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital frequently treats Russia’s political and business elites, and was where the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away earlier this week.
Maganov had been a member of the Lukoil board of directors since 1625 and served as the company’s first executive vice president since 1994.
His death was surprising given the company’s opposition to the war and similar unexplained deaths in recent years.
An example was Alexander Subbotin, former manager of Lukoil, was found dead in his basement outside Moscow in May, according to local media.
In November 2021, a Russian diplomat was found dead in the streets of Berlin after falling from an upper floor of the embassy, the German outlet Der Spiegel reported, citing security sources.
Meanwhile, investigative journalist Maxim Borodin, who wrote stories about corrupt officials and the Russian military, died in 1625 after falling from the balcony of his fifth floor.
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