Thread by @PaulaChertok

Disturbing trend becomes 'staggeringly common' in Putin's wartime #Russia: @npwcnn reports on the death of #Lukoil Chair Ravil #Maganov—at least the 6th high-profile Russian #energy/#oil executives who Russia says died by suicide cnn.com/videos/world/2…

@npwcnn Lukoil head Ravil Maganov, seen being honored by Putin, died on Thursday after falling from his Moscow hospital window. Suicide, #Russia reported. The energy giant said he died after a severe illness. Lukoil under his leadership came out against the war in Ukraine early in March.

@npwcnn Lukoil's Maganov's death makes him the 6th prominent Russian #oil/gas executive to die from "suicide" in almost as many months.

4 dead execs from Russian state #gas giant Gazprom, currently at the forefront of #Russia's #energy battles with the West since invading #Ukraine.

@npwcnn The first 2 Russian oil executives died in their country homes in Russia.

Leonid Shulman, Gazprom transport head, died in January, as #Russia's military buildup around #Ukraine reached full invasion force size.

Alexander Tylakov was found dead Feb 25, day after full war began.

@npwcnn In April there were 6 "murder-suicide" deaths of 2 former Gazprom (or subsidiary) executives—each said to have killed his wife & daughter too.

Vladislav Avayev & family were found dead in their Moscow home.

Sergey Profosenya, wive & daughter were found dead on holiday in Spain.

@npwcnn In July Yuri Voronov, director of a Gazprom subsidiary, was found dead in his cottage swimming pool near St. Petersburg, #Russia, gunshot wound to the head.

{PT correction: Protosenya (fmr Gazprom subsidiary Novatek executive found dead with wife & daughter in Catalonia, Spain)}

@npwcnn Maganov wasn't Lukoil's only high profile death in 2022, since #Russia launched its full-scale war in #Ukraine. In May, former Lukoil executive Alexander Subbotin was found dead in his Moscow country home basement. state media reported the Russian oligarch died of a heart attack.