According to the British "Daily Mail" report on March 14, local time, on Wednesday (March 13), Vitaly Robertus, the vice president of Russia's Lukoil, was replaced by the company. A senior vice president was found hanging in the toilet of his office. He was only 53 years old. This is the fifth high-profile person close to Lukoil to die since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Robertus also joins a long list of executives from Russian energy giants who have died under mysterious circumstances.
Lukoil is a private energy company and ranks second in Russia. It is currently sanctioned by the United States and the West like other Russian energy companies.
Lukoil released a eulogy for Robertus but did not comment on his death.
According to the telegram channel vchk-ogpu, Robertus met with Oleg Pashaev, another senior vice president in charge of sales and supply of the same company, and then returned to his office. .
A few hours later, because Robertus did not answer Pashaev's call, Pashaev went to Robertus's office at the company's headquarters in Moscow to find him, only to find that Robertus had been hanged. In the bathroom.
According to reports, the company’s medical personnel were called to the scene, and the Post emphasized that the person who came was not an ordinary ambulance.
Investigators soon arrived at the scene. Colleagues told the law enforcement officers who arrived that the work atmosphere had been very tense recently, and Vice President Robertus felt very anxious. The
vchk-ogpu channel quoted Robertus's colleagues and friends as saying that Robertus had been in a bad mood recently. He felt that he was being "persecuted" in the company, and was worried that he would be "persecuted" in the "fierce battle" among the company's top management. Framed and facing criminal investigation.
Others who were closely related to Lukoil and "died under mysterious circumstances" were:
1. Vladimir Lebedev
Russian Senator, in November 2023, in "an unexplained incident" He died suddenly in a "terrible tragedy" at the age of only 60.
Lebedev has a close relationship with Vladimir Nekrasov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lukoil, and Sergei Kiriyenko, former Russian Prime Minister and current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office )'s long-time friend and hunting companion.
2. Vladimir Nekrasov
, the chairman of the board of directors of Lukoil mentioned above, died in October 2023 at the age of 66. The announced cause of death was "acute heart failure" .
3. Ravil Maganov
Lukoil executive fell from a sixth-floor window of Moscow’s Elite Central Clinical Hospital in September 2022 at the age of 67.
Some people suspect that Maganov was murdered, but his official cause of death was "hospitalized due to long-term heart disease, fell from a sixth-floor window, and died on the spot."
4. Alexander Subbotin
Billionaire who owned a shipping company and was a senior manager at Lukoil, Subbotin was found dead in May 2022 after "taking advice from a shaman", sources said It is claimed that the toad's venom caused Subbotin's poisoning and caused him to have a heart attack.
Lukoil praised Robertus in a statement, saying he "has worked for Lukoil for more than 30 years and has earned the respect not only of his colleagues in the company, but also of the entire industry." He is remembered in our hearts as a leader, versatile person and compassionate comrade."
Robertus is one of the most talented aviation modelers in Russia, an honorary sports master of the Russian Federation and a seven-time Russian aviation model champion. As well as a four-time world champion, he is also a qualified pilot. -To say he is versatile is an understatement.
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