The president of the Russian oil company Lukoil dies after falling out of a hospital window

The president of the Russian oil company Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died this Thursday after falling out of a window of the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital where he was admitted, the Russian agencies Interfax and TASS reported. “Maganov fell from the window of his room at the Central Clinical Hospital this morning. He died of his injuries,” an anonymous source told Interfax. In March, Lukoil called for ending the war between Russia and Ukraine and the solution of any conflict between the parties through communicated channels, according to the AFP agency. The company’s board of directors expressed its “concern” about the “tragic events” in Ukraine and showed its solidarity with all those who are being affected by the “tragedy”. “The TASS agency indicated, citing police sources, that the event occurred at 7 AM, Moscow time (04:00 GMT), and that it is “a death by suicide.” The company, however, announced the death of the president Maganov, 67, was admitted to hospital for a heart attack and was taking antidepressants, according to the same source, after a “serious illness. Maganov had worked at Lukoil since 1993, shortly after the company was created. He was first executive vice president and oversaw the exploration and production business. His brother Nail is the head of Russian midsize oil company Tatneft. In 2020, Lukoil’s board of directors appointed Maganov as chairman in place of Valeri Greifer, who died in April of that year. Ravil Maganov was a close associate of one of Lukoil’s founders, Vagit Alekperov Alekperov, a former Soviet deputy oil minister, resigned as Lukoil chairman in April, a week after Britain imposed It was an asset freeze and travel ban as part of sanctions over Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.