Russian oil oligarch dies 6 months after his firm criticized the Ukraine war. State media says he fell out of a hospital window.

• A Russian energy oligarch whose company criticized the Ukraine war has died in suspicious circumstances.
• State media said Ravik Maganov fell through a hospital window, suggesting it was a suicide.

A Russian energy oligarch whose oil company criticized the war in Ukraine has died falling out of a hospital window in Moscow on Thursday, state-controlled media reported.

Ravil Maganov, 67, was the chair of the board of directors of Lukoil, one of the largest energy companies in Russia.

Maganov was in Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital when he "fell out of the window" and died from his injuries, an unnamed "informed source" told Russian news agency Interfax.

The state news agency RIA Novosti followed up with confirmation from a representative of the presidential administration, which manages the hospital campus. A law enforcement source told the outlet that the death was likely a suicide.

Maganov's death comes almost six months to the day after Lukoil released a statement expressing "deepest concerns" about President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

On March 3, the company's board of directors warned about "the tragic events in Ukraine," calling for a ceasefire and "serious negotiations and diplomacy."

The board indicated that it would "continue its operations in all countries and regions where it is present."

Falling short of naming it as an invasion — which is outlawed in Russia — the statement was nonetheless a striking departure from the Kremlin's messaging.

Maganov's death is the latest in a string of unexplained or untimely deaths of Russian magnates connected to the energy industry in the last months.

Another former Lukoil executive, Alexander Subbotin, died in May of an apparent heart attack in the home of a Moscow shaman. Unconfirmed local news reports suggested that he had taken a concoction involving toad venom in an attempt to allay a hangover, Newsweek reported.

Lukoil is one of Russia's top oil producers, competing with massive state-run enterprises Gazprom and Rosneft.

Maganov's death comes hours after the US Justice Department announced a warrant to seize a $45 million Boeing aircraft belonging to Lukoil.