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<\/div>\nLukoil said Maganov “immensely contributed” to the company and the Russian oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Russian energy firm Lukoil said Thursday its chairman Ravil Maganov had passed away following a “serious illness”, after Russian media reports said he died after falling out of a hospital window.<\/p>\n
Lukoil was one of the few major Russian companies to call for end of fighting in Ukraine after Moscow sent its troops to the pro-Western country in February.<\/p>\n
In a statement at the time, the Lukoil board called for an “immediate” end to the fighting, expressing its sympathy to those affected by the “tragedy”.<\/p>\n
“We deeply regret to announce that Ravil Maganov… passed away following a serious illness,” Lukoil said on Thursday without providing further details about his death.<\/p>\n
Several Russian media had earlier reported that Maganov died after falling out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.<\/p>\n
It is often called the Kremlin Hospital because it counts Russia’s political and business elites among its patients.<\/p>\n
“This morning Maganov fell out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital. He died from his injuries,” Interfax news agency reported quoting an “informed” source.<\/p>\n
According to a police source of RBC business daily, Maganov fell from the sixth-floor window of the hospital.<\/p>\n
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that Maganov’s death was not a matter for the Kremlin.<\/p>\n
Maganov was born in 1954. He had worked at Lukoil since 1993 and was also the company’s president.<\/p>\n
He was among the first leaders of Lukoil and, according to the company, came up with its present name.<\/p>\n
Maganov was appointed chairman in 2020.<\/p>\n
In its statement on Thursday, Lukoil said Maganov “immensely contributed” to the company and the Russian oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n
It credited Maganov’s “managerial talent” with making Lukoil one of the world’s leading energy companies.<\/p>\n
In April, Lukoil announced the resignation of its billionaire chief executive Vagit Alekperov after he was hit by UK sanctions over the Ukraine offensive.<\/p>\n
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