Russian attack Russian oil giant Lukoil demands an end to the war in Ukraine

Economic|The Russian attack

Russian oil giant Lukoil insists on stopping the war in Ukraine. Lukoil is one of the largest companies in Russia.

In his government statement, Lukoil calls for an immediate end to the military conflict and says he supports a solution to the war through negotiations and diplomacy.

In its statement, the Lukoil government expresses its concern at the “tragic events taking place in Ukraine” and expresses “its deepest sympathy to all those affected by the tragedy”.

“We are in favor of an immediate end to the armed conflict and fully support its negotiated and diplomatic means,” the statement said, according to AFP.

Lukoil is one of the first major Russian companies to speak out against the war. Its general director is the Russian oligarch Vagit Alekperov.

He was ranked 66th in the latest list of the world’s wealthiest in the financial magazine Forbes.

Two An oligarch close to the Russian leadership demanded an end to the war in Ukraine earlier this week.

Born in Ukraine Mikhail Fridman In a letter to its employees, the news agency Reuters wrote that the war was a tragedy for both Russians and Ukrainians.

Founder of the aluminum giant Rusal Oleg Deripaska for its part, issued a message in the Telegram calling for peace talks to begin as soon as possible.

Lukoil is Russia ‘s second – largest oil producer after state – owned Gazprom. The company is the largest privately owned company in the country in terms of turnover.

The company’s revenue in the second year was $ 78 billion, or € 70 billion. It has more than 100,000 employees.

In a statement released Thursday, Lukoil said it wants to continue to provide “reliable” energy supplies to consumers around the world and that it is “committed to strengthening peace, international relations and humanitarian ties”.

In addition to the Moscow Stock Exchange, Lukoil’s share is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

With the Moscow Stock Exchange closed this week in London, its stock has plummeted 99 percent to less than a dollar. On Thursday, the London Stock Exchange said it would halt the quotation of Lukoil’s share.

In Finland, Lukoil owns the Teboil service station chain.

In addition to Russia and Finland, Lukoil has operations on four continents in a total of 30 different countries in addition to Teboil’s website, and its network of service stations operates in 18 countries.

Several Finnish organizations have announced that they will cut off cooperation with Teboil after Russia invaded Ukraine last week.

Teboil entrepreneurs have said the boycott of organizations and individuals has reduced service station sales by as much as several tens of per cent.