Russian Oil Chief Dies After Falling From Hospital Window

Moscow: Russian electricity organization Lukoil stated Thursday its chairman Ravil Maganov had handed away following a “severe illness”, after Russian media reviews stated he died after falling out of a clinic window.

Lukoil changed into one of the few most important Russian businesses to name for stop of combating in Ukraine after Moscow despatched its troops to the pro-Western us of a in February.

In a assertion on the time, the Lukoil board known as for an “immediate” stop to the combating, expressing its sympathy to the ones stricken by the “tragedy”.

“We deeply remorse to announce that Ravil Maganov… handed away following a severe illness,” Lukoil stated on Thursday with out imparting in addition information about his dying.

Several Russian media had in advance suggested that Maganov died after falling out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.

It is regularly known as the Kremlin Hospital as it counts Russia’s political and commercial enterprise elites amongst its patients.

“This morning Maganov fell out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital. He died from his injuries,” Interfax information organisation suggested quoting an “informed” supply.

According to a police supply of RBC commercial enterprise daily, Maganov fell from the sixth-ground window of the clinic.

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed journalists on Thursday that Maganov’s dying changed into now no longer a rely for the Kremlin.

Maganov changed into born in 1954. He had labored at Lukoil considering the fact that 1993 and changed into additionally the organization’s president.

He changed into the various first leaders of Lukoil and, in step with the organization, got here up with its gift name.

Maganov changed into appointed chairman in 2020.

In its assertion on Thursday, Lukoil stated Maganov “immensely contributed” to the organization and the Russian oil and fueloline sector.

It credited Maganov’s “managerial talent” with making Lukoil one of the world’s main electricity businesses.

In April, Lukoil introduced the resignation of its billionaire leader government Vagit Alekperov after he changed into hit via way of means of UK sanctions over the Ukraine offensive.