A Russian oil boss has been declared dead after reportedly falling from a Moscow hospital window on Thursday (September 1).
Ravil Maganov, 67, was chairman of Russian oil giant Lukoil. As reported by BBC News, the company has been outspoken in its criticisms of President Vladimir Putin's military campaign in Ukraine.
Lukoil confirmed Maganov's death, saying that he "passed away following a severe illness". The company went on to offer condolences: "Lukoil's many thousands of employees mourn deeply for this grievous loss and express their sincere condolences to Ravil Maganov's family."
Russian media outlets, however, have reported that the tycoon died of injuries while being treated at Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital.
According to Tass news agency, Maganov fell from the hospital's sixth-story window early on Thursday morning, per BBC News.
Differing reports have also emerged claiming that the oil magnate took his own life.
Lukoil's board was among the early critics of Putin's invasion. Soon after the Russian military campaign in Ukraine launched in February, the Lukoil board of directors called for the conflict to come to an end. Per Reuters, the board expressed its concern over the "tragic events" in Ukraine and demanded the "soonest possible end to armed conflict".
Maganov is not the first high-profile Lukoil executive to die in mysterious circumstances over the past few months.
In May, a former exec of the energy giant - Alexander Subbotin - passed away after shamans administered unorthodox treatments.
Per MailOnline, the Subbotin was reportedly given toad venom to help cure a hangover. Shortly after, he suffered a heart attack for which he was given a herb tranquilizer. The next morning, shamans reported that he had passed away.
Meanwhile, several executives connected to another oil giant - the state-owned Gazprom - have passed away unexpectedly since Putin's military invasion of Ukraine began.
In April, former Kremlin official and an ex-vice president of Gazprombank Vladislav Avayev, 51, was found dead alongside his wife and daughter in their Moscow flat.
Several days later, multimillionaire former-executive Sergey Protosenya, 55, was found hanged in Spain. He too was discovered alongside the bodies of his wife and daughter, both of whom he allegedly killed with an axe.
Another senior Gazprom official, Alexander Tyulakov, 61, was found dead the day after Putin's invasion launched in February 2022.
