The head of a Russian oil giant who had criticized President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine died Thursday after reportedly falling out of his hospital window.
Ravil Maganov, Lukoil chairman died after falling from a window of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation.
The company issued a statement early Thursday confirming the death of Maganov, 67, “after a severe illness,” but did not specify the cause.
“Ravil Maganov immensely contributed to the development of not only the Company but of the entire Russian oil and gas sector,” the statement read.
It has not been confirmed how he died. The hospital declined to comment and referred comment to the police, who declined to comment when contacted by NBC News.
Lukoil is Russia’s second-largest oil producer. It was rare for Russian businesses to come out against Putin’s war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin insists on calling its “special military operation.”
The company’s board of directors called for an end to the war in early March, within days of the full-scale invasion of Russia’s neighbour.
