Russian oil chief Maganov dies in 'fall from hospital window'

[edbermac]

The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.

Maganov, 67, was being treated at the city's Central Clinical Hospital and died from his injuries, sources told Russian media.

He is the latest of a number of high-profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances.
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Lukoil called for the war to end.

Early in March, the Lukoil board called for the conflict in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, expressing its sympathy to victims of "this tragedy".

Ravil Maganov took over as chairman of Lukoil's board two years ago. He began working for the private oil company in 1993.

In May a former senior manager at Lukoil, Alexander Subbotin, reportedly died also under unusual circumstances.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62750584

Putin doing what Donald dreams of doing.

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. That's a terrible disease in Russia.

Windowitis.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

27. Putinrivalcide

[bdamomma]

41. nt

[rso]

2. Russia

Russian windows need better latches.

[Ray Bruns]

14. Or maybe screens. Seems like a lot of Russians are falling

Out of windows

[Takket]

3. Putin loves those window executions

[Irish_Dem]

16. Putin is a serial killer, they usually leave calling cards.

They want the public to know who did the murder.

[DFW]

4. It doeasn't matter where you are. Even in Washington, DC, Putin will get you. Who was Dan Rapoport?

Just 2 weeks ago. Look him up.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11119333/Anti-Putin-businessman-mysteriously-dead-Washington-DC.html

[Scrivener7]

28. Wow. That passed me by. Now he's going after US citizens.

[Liberal In Texas]

33. Holy crap. What a strange story.

He had headphones on? Why would he kill himself wearing headphones? It's like he was ambushed when he had his earbuds in, grabbed from the rear and tossed out the window. Quick as a blink of the eye.

[niyad]

39. I just read the whole article. Pretty obvious. Strange that he would sell his

house to jarvanka after the 2016 election, though.

"Any fool can commit murder. It takes a true artist to stage a suicide."

[bdamomma]

42. Thanks for posting

what a story, he sold his house to Ivanka and Jared??? Weird.

[Whiskeytide]

5. Hmm. Wonder if Maganov was a Western asset known to Тяцмp? n/t

[gab13by13]

13. Not beyond belief.

[Lonestarblue]

37. My thought too. Along with any others who have "fallen" from windows in the last year.

That’s the horror of the documents Trump has. Without knowing what he has sold or shared, the intelligence agencies have to assume he has compromised their operations severely.

[Walleye]

6. I wonder what is the Russian word for defenestration

[JHB]

9. Defenestratsiya

Though for something a little more Russian, maybe "Obyazannost' " ("liability" ).

[Walleye]

10. 👍

[nuxvomica]

7. I wonder if he was identified in the Mar-a-Lago documents

We may never know the full extent of TFG's treachery.

[Ilsa]

20. I guess he must have been HUMINT (foreign assets).

But I guess TFG doesn't connect the events. We know he doesn't care.

[OnDoutside]

8. They should fingerprint his back ....

[gibraltar72]

11. Man some people just have bad luck.

I mean what are the chances??

[jaxexpat]

12. Holy Rasputin's ghost!

Those oligarchs are sooooo clumsy.

[gab13by13]

15. It works better than Polonium soup.

[bringthePaine]

18. yeah, and the flight's too short for meal service...🫣

[lpbk2713]

17. He wouldn't drink the tea.

...

[ToxMarz]

19. I think I'd stay out of any building over one story if I were in Putins circle.

[Marthe48]

22. They appeared to have fallen out of the 1st floor window

over and over and over.

(future news story?) (and sarcasm)

[rubbersole]

21. And this insane serial killer has nukes.

Lots of them.

[barbtries]

23. putin

defenestrates yet another.

his penchant for this form of death, or poison, is what made me unsure whether the recent car bombing was at his behest.

[gab13by13]

25. I believe Putin was behind it.

Ukraine had nothing to gain by that murder.

[barbtries]

51. you may certainly be correct.

i don't know who dunnit. i just don't have the conviction that it was putin the way i do with this guy.

[NBachers]

24. Well, at least he didn't fall down the stairs at home.

[gab13by13]

26. Now that made me laugh,

[choie]

29. Sounds a lot like Secretary of Defense James Forrestal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forrestal

[Ferrets are Cool]

30. Putin has a shitty imagination.

He needs to employ some new mystery writers to come up with better ways to murder his enemies. This is just boring.

[luvtheGWN]

44. Using the same technique may signify a lack of imagination

but, more to the point, it serves as a warning to others who disagree with Putin -- and especially those who disagree publicly.

[Mike_in_LA]

31. At this point WebMD should add

Window cancer to their site

[oswaldactedalone]

32. The operating system for Russian windows

seems to have a deadly virus.

[The Jungle 1]

34. "Putin doing what Donald dreams of doing."

I will never believe Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.

[llmart]

38. +1

Me too. There are no "coincidences" in his death.

[bdamomma]

43. yea

Jeffrey knew too much, had to dispose of him.

[The Jungle 1]

35. Visit russia and learn how to fly!!!!

[Scalded Nun]

36. Olicide Stikes again (or is it the dreaded Olivirus-P?)

[Mr. Sparkle]

40. either russian windows are the most deadliest in the world or

this was another hit, sanctioned by the Russian government

[3Hotdogs]

45. Nah. Russian hospitals hire illegal immigrants to wash the floors. They don't rinse the soap off'a

the floors and the floors get slippery.

[LiberalFighter]

46. Why isn't Mar-a-Lago twenty stories high with the CEO's office on the top floor?

[FelineOverlord]

47. I just saw this yesterday

Link to tweet

[Emile]

48. He must have slipped on a banana peel.

[muriel_volestrangler]

52. "news site with close ties to the police suggested he may have slipped from a balcony while smoking"

It was not immediately clear whether his death was an accident, a suicide, or could be tied to foul play. Russian state media agencies citing an unnamed source reported that Maganov had been admitted to the hospital with a heart condition and had been on antidepressants.

Baza, a Russian news site with close ties to the police, suggested he may have slipped from a balcony while smoking.

Half a dozen businesspeople with ties to the Russian energy industry have died in apparent suicides or in mysterious circumstances since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. None of the deaths have been classified as murders.

Maganov’s death has attracted scrutiny because Lukoil was rare among Russian energy companies in criticising the invasion of Ukraine, publicly calling for a ceasefire just one week after Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of Moscow’s “special military operation”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/russian-oil-executive-dies-in-fall-from-moscow-hospital-window

[LeftInTX]

54. Whatever....

I've never heard of a hospital smoking balcony. The closest we had was the hospital's roof helicopter pad.

But then Russia is still in the 1950s...

[jcgoldie]

49. Russian windows seem to be very dangerous

You never know when you'll just fall out!

[Recursion]

50. Russian windows are apex predators. They hunt by stealth

As winter approaches, they increase their predation to fatten up

[Hassler]

53. Russia is a big place so they can spread out. Maybe building only

One story buildings will end this epidemic of people falling out of windows.

[moondust]

55. I'll bet he tripped

on a toothpick.

[question everything]

56. And, no doubt, there will never be an investigation