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Mar 13, 2024 18:45:58 GMT
Post by Admin on Mar 13, 2024 18:45:58 GMT
Vitaly Robertus, 54, Vice President of the Russian oil and gas firm Lukoil, has been found dead. He is the fourth Lukoil top manager to die since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Lukoil’s press release
Details: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Vitaly Vladimirovich Robertus, Vice President of the company, died suddenly at the age of 54," the press release reads.
Robertus’s death was the fourth among Lukoil’s top managers in the last two years.
Vladimir Nekrasov, Chairman of Lukoil’s Board of Directors, died in October 2023 from acute heart failure.
Nekrasov headed Lukoil after Ravil Maganov, the previous chairman, died after falling out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow in August 2022.
Alexander Subbotin, the company's former top manager, died in May 2022; his body was found in a private house. An investigation concluded that Subotin also died of acute heart failure.
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Mar 14, 2024 3:23:22 GMT
Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2024 3:23:22 GMT
Karl Wallinger, the British rock musician known for his work with World Party and The Waterboys, has died. He was 66 years old.
Karl, who formed World Party in 1986, suffered a brain aneurysm in 2001 and temporarily suspended his activities, but continued touring until 2015. The group's 1997 hit ``She's the One'' won an Ivor Novello Award and reached number one on the UK charts in 1999 when Robbie Williams covered it.
In addition to World Party, Karl is also known for his work with The Waterboys, a British and Irish folk rock band that was active in the 1980s, and the same band known for ``The Hole of the Moon''. Although he joined in 1983 and left two years later, he continued to make significant contributions using keyboards and synthesizers on songs such as ``A Pagan Place'' and ``This Is the Sea.''
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Apr 9, 2024 16:14:27 GMT
Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2024 16:14:27 GMT
The Russian activist Alexander Demidenko, who helped Ukrainian refugees in the Belgorod region to return home from Russia, was revealed to have committed suicide while in pretrial detention on Friday, local news website Bel.ru reported on Tuesday, citing the Belgorod Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).
The FSIN said it was now conducting an investigation into the death in tandem with Russia’s Investigative Committee.
Demidenko’s son Oleg announced his father’s death on Monday, and though he said he had no details, he added that he believed his father may have committed suicide.
In October, Demidenko disappeared while accompanying an elderly woman with cancer to the Kolotilovka border crossing between Russia and Ukraine, BBC News Russian reported. It subsequently transpired that he had been detained by security forces.
He was initially remanded in custody for 10 days and his home was searched. He was then charged with illegal arms trafficking when security forces said they had found a grenade and two detonators at his home. He had been in pretrial detention ever since.
Before his arrest, Demidenko provided assistance to Ukrainians in Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region who wanted to leave the country via the only remaining open border checkpoint between the two countries. He also regularly hosted refugees who had been displaced from the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine and helped them return home.
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Apr 10, 2024 13:13:36 GMT
Post by Admin on Apr 10, 2024 13:13:36 GMT
Vitaly Robertus, 54, became the fourth Lukoil manager to die in the past two years.
On Thursday, Russian media reported the sudden death of oil and gas giant Lukoil vice-president Vitaly Robertus, writing that the 53-year-old manager committed suicide at work.
Shortly before his death, local media reported that Robertus complained of headaches and asked for medication before going to his office.
He was later found hanged.
“He did not come out from there for several hours, Robertus did not answer the phone. The employees decided to go into the office and found his body. The top manager committed suicide and died of asphyxia. He worked in the company for about 30 years,” wrote the Baza telegram channel .
According to the publication, Lukoil announced the death of Robertus on March 12.
In March 2022, the board of directors of a private company called for an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
They expressed "sympathy to all the victims affected by this tragedy" and called for "resolving the problems through serious negotiations and diplomacy."
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Apr 11, 2024 16:17:10 GMT
Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2024 16:17:10 GMT
According to the New York Times and other newspapers, former American football superstar O.J. Simpson, who was arrested and found not guilty on suspicion of murdering his ex-wife and a male friend, died on the 10th. He was 76 years old. Simpson's family made the announcement on social media on the 11th. He was said to have been battling cancer.
[Photo] Mr. O.J. Simpson pumps his fist at the not guilty verdict.
Mr. Simpson = Reuters
Even after retiring from being a professional athlete, Mr. Simpson gained popularity by appearing on television as an actor and commentator. In 1994, he was arrested on suspicion of murdering his ex-wife and a male friend, but the following year, in 1995, he was acquitted.The trial, in which racial issues were implicated, was called the ``trial of the century.'' In 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and other charges and was found guilty.
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