archival video Maganov’s death was also reported by some Russian media citing unnamed sources. The company Lukoil, for which the late Maganov worked since 1993 and was also its vice president, said without further details, according to AFP, that Maganov died after a “serious illness”. Lukoil was one of the first Russian companies to criticize the war in Ukraine and call for its end, reports the news website t-online.de. Lukoil is among the 100 largest concerns in the world and is mainly owned by Russian oligarchs. Other unexplained deaths The mentioned German website also points out that there have been several unexplained deaths of high-ranking managers in the energy sector in Russia in recent months. For example, the body of Leonid Šulman, the head of transport at Gazprom Invest, was found. Next to him lay a note on which he complained of great pain in his broken leg. Reuters reports that Maganov was a close associate of one of Lukoil’s founders, Vagit Alekperov. He resigned from the post of head of this company in April. It comes a week after Britain froze his assets and banned him from entering the UK as part of sanctions over Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine.