Lukoil chairman Ravil Maganov is the 8th Russian energy executive to drop dead this year

WASHINGTON– The death of Ravil Maganov, chairman of the Russian oil giant Lukoil, at a medical facility in Moscow on Thursday appears to mark the 8th time this year that a Russian energy executive has actually dropped dead and under uncommon situations.

Maganov passed away after falling out of the window of the capital’s Central Clinical Hospital, according to the Russian state-sponsored news outletInterfax The situations of Maganov’s death were verified by Reuters, pointing out 2 confidential sources.

But Lukoil, the business that Maganov assisted to construct, stated the 67 years of age had “passed away following a serious illness” in a press declaration. The Russian embassy in Washington did not react to a demand from CNBC for a main declaration.

The situations surrounding Maganov’s unexpected death have actually drawn global attention, in part, due to the fact that 7 other top Russian energy executives have actually been victims of unfortunate deaths considering that January, according to reports by Russian and global news companies.

Below is a list of these cases, in sequential order.

• In late January, Leonid Shulman, a magnate at the Russian gas giant Gazprom, was discovered dead in the restroom of a home in the town ofLeninsky The Russian media group RBC reported his death, however did not mention a cause.
• OnFeb 25, another Gazprom executive, Alexander Tyulakov, was discovered dead in the very same town as Shulman, this time in a garage. According to the Russian media outlet Novaya Gazeta, detectives discovered a note near Tyulakov’s body.
• OnFeb 28, 3 days after Tyulakov passed away, a Russian oil and gas billionaire living in England, Mikhail Watford, was discovered awaited the garage of his nation estate. At the time, detectives supposedly stated Watford’s death was “unexplained,” however did not appear suspicious.
• On April 18, a previous vice president of Gazprombank, Vladislav Avayev, was discovered dead in his Moscow house, together with his better half and child, who likewise passed away. Authorities dealt with the case as a murder-suicide, Radio Free Europe reported at the time. Gazprombank is Russia’s third biggest bank and has close ties to the energy sector.
• On April 19, a previous deputy chairman of Novatek, Russia’s biggest melted gas manufacturer, was discovered dead in a villa inSpain Like Avayev in Moscow, Sergei Protosenya was discovered with his better half and child, who were likewise deceased. And like Avayev, cops examining the scene stated they thought it was a murder-suicide, a theory that Avayev’s making it through kid has actually openly turned down.
• In May, the body of billionaire and previous Lukoil executive Alexander Subbotin was found in the basement of a nation home in the Moscow area. The space where Subbotin passed away was apparently utilized for “Jamaican voodoo rituals,” the Russian state media outlet TASS reported, estimating regional authorities.
• In July, Yury Voronov, the CEO and creator of a shipping professional that services Gazprom’s Arctic jobs was discovered dead of an evident gunshot injury in a pool at his house in Leninsky, the very same eliteSt Petersburg gated neighborhood where Shulman and Tyulakov passed away previously in the year.