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It's worth noting that the company, which initially opposed Putin's war, has been haunted by a series of high-profile deaths.
Russian tycoon Vitaly Robertus, also vice president of the hydrocarbon company, Lukoil, was found hanging in his office toilet.
The 53-year-old's shocking death was announced on Wednesday, but the circumstances were not disclosed by authorities. He is the fifth prominent figure linked to Lukoil to be found dead since the start of Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, among a long list of executives who have mysteriously passed away.
The private company has not commented on the circumstances of the latest death. But a Telegram channel with close ties to investigative bodies quoted friends and associates of the 53-year-old as saying he felt "persecuted" and feared he would face a criminal investigation amid the bitter row. at the high level sanctioned by the US.
He had held a meeting with his boss Oleg Pashaev, senior vice president for sales and supply at Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil giant, and returned to his office, the channel reported. A few hours later Pashaev went to find him, but he did not answer the calls. He entered his office at the oil company headquarters in Moscow and discovered Robertus dead. While an official investigation has been launched into his death.
It's worth noting that the company, which initially opposed Putin's war, has been haunted by a series of high-profile deaths.
In November, Russian senator and war supporter Vladimir Lebedev, with close ties to Lukoil, died suddenly in an unexplained 'horrible tragedy' at the age of 60.
He had close business ties to Vladimir Nekrasov, 66, chairman of Lukoil's board of directors, who died 'suddenly' in October of 'acute heart failure'.
Lebedev was also a longtime friend and hunting partner of Vladimir Putin's closest Kremlin aide, Sergei Kiriyenko, 61, a former Russian prime minister and the dictator's deputy chief of staff, the man tasked with ensuring the despot's victory in this week's presidential election.
Lukoil tycoon Ravil Maganov, 67, fell from the window of Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital, also known as the Kremlin clinic, in September 2022.
Murder was suspected, but officially Maganov had been in the hospital for a long-term heart problem and fell from a sixth-floor window, dying on the spot. That same morning, Putin - who had previously decorated Maganov with a high honor - entered the hospital to pay his last respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, who had died the same week.
Billionaire Alexander Subbotin, 43, also linked to energy giant Lukoil, where he was a senior manager, was found dead in May 2022 after receiving advice from shamans.
One theory is that Subbotin, who also owned a shipping company, was poisoned by toad venom causing a heart attack. Lukoil initially appeared less than loyal to Putin when the war began, seeking negotiations to end the fighting.
A week after the fighting, the company's board, including Nekrasov and Maganov, issued a statement on Putin's invasion, which "expresses its concern at the ongoing tragic events in Ukraine and its deepest sympathy for all those who were affected by this tragedy".
" We are in favor of an early cessation of the armed conflict and fully support its resolution through the negotiation process and diplomatic means ," the statement said.
Nakrasov, who had been honored by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, had taken over from Maganov as chairman. Lukoil released a statement eulogizing Robertus, but gave no details on how he died.
All the deaths of the richest people in Russia are suspected to be state killings ordered by Putin, who has not accepted criticism of the war in Ukraine since it began.
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