Lukoil: third top executive dies suddenly at company that criticised Putin's war

The oil giant said its chairman Vladimir Nekrasov died of 'acute heart failure'

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Lukoil was one of the few Russian companies to take a public stand against the invasion of Ukraine
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The chairman of one of Russia's biggest oil companies, Lukoil, has died suddenly, becoming the third of its senior executives to die unexpectedly in the past 18 months.

Vladimir Nekrasov died, aged 66, on Tuesday after suffering "acute heart failure", according to a Lukoil statement. He had "worked for almost 50 years" in oil and gas and held two other positions previously at the company, said CNN.

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Richard Windsor is a freelance writer for The Week Digital. He began his journalism career writing about politics and sport while studying at the University of Southampton. He then worked across various football publications before specialising in cycling for almost nine years, covering major races including the Tour de France and interviewing some of the sport’s top riders. He led Cycling Weekly’s digital platforms as editor for seven of those years, helping to transform the publication into the UK’s largest cycling website. He now works as a freelance writer, editor and consultant.