Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil company, said Tuesday October 24 2023 its chairman had died suddenly, at the age of 66. Vladimir Ivanovich Nekrasov had worked for almost 50 years in the oil and gas industry. He had also held positions as Lukoil’s first vice president and an adviser to the company’s president, Lukoil said. His immediate predecessor, Ravil Maganov, died just over a year ago after falling out of a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian state media.