Lukoil was one of only a handful of Russian companies to call for an end to the fighting in Ukraine after Moscow invaded in February. Most Russians do not speak up about anything except to parrot state-run journalists.
Putin presented Maganov with the Order of Alexander Nevsky in 2019.
Ravil Maganov had worked as a top manager at Lukoil since 1993. The oil executive’s son Ravil is a popular race car driver. His wife Fania works at the English First language school in Almetyevsk as the principal.
Mysterious deaths hit the Russian oil industry
In the first 6 months of 2022, high-profile managers of Russian energy companies have found themselves in a precarious position. Some have walked away from their jobs. And a number have died in mysterious circumstances.
Close friend and associate of Maganov and Lukoil’s founder, billionaire oligarch Vagit Alekperov, stepped down from his position as CEO after he was sanctioned by the U.K. and the EU.
Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov stepped down as president in April, following the March statement calling for the war to end.
Lukoil shareholder Leonid Fedun stepped down as Spartak Moscow chairman after the buyout.
Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov fell out of a hospital window.
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- Leonid Shulman, 60 (Gazprom Invest head of transport)
- Alexander Tyulakov, 61 (Gazprom finance executive).
- Mikhail (Tolstosheya) Watford, 66 (oil and gas magnate made his fortune from Ukraine oil refineries)
- Vasily Melnikov (MedStom)
- Vladislav Avayev, 51 (former vice president of Gazprombank and ex-Kremlin official)
- Sergei Protosenya (Novatek former deputy chairman)
- Alexander Subbotin, 43, (Board member of Lukoil and owner of the New Transport Company (NTK) in Finland)
- Yury Voronov (Astra-Shipping oil and gas shipping subsidiary)
In several cases, they died with their families in what appeared to be murder-suicides. In almost every instance the deaths were reported to be suicides. And there is also the case of former Lukoil executive, Alexander Subbotin who died when a shaman treated his depression with a poison toad.
