Russian billionaire Vagit Alekperov resigned as CEO of Lukoil on Thursday, following UK sanctions. Lukoil is the second-largest oil company in Russia and one of the world's largest oil producers.

Vagit Alekperov, 52, was born in 1950 in Baku, Azerbaijan, one of the earliest centers of the international petroleum industry. His father worked in the oil fields all his life and inspired Alekperov ...

Galactica Super Nova has been in roughly the same spot since March 2, tracking data shows. The ship has been linked to Vagit Alekperov, CEO of Russian energy giant Lukoil. An $80 million superyacht ...

Russian oil industry tycoon Vagit Alekperov is set to join a team looking to buy a 50% stake in the country’s largest IT player, Yandex, for an estimated $3.5 billion. The move by the founder of ...

Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews. The OPEC+ alliance looks to keep oil prices in the range between $65 and $75 ...

Vagit Alekperov has resigned as president and a director of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil, the company said on Thursday. April 21 (Reuters) - Vagit Alekperov has resigned as president ...

Yandex NV has received bids from billionaires Vladimir Potanin and Vagit Alekperov to buy a controlling stake in Russia’s dominant search engine that value the company’s Russian assets at about $7 ...

One of Russia’s richest men has quit as CEO of Lukoil, the country’s second-largest oil company. In a brief statement Thursday, Lukoil said Vagit Alekperov informed the company “about his decision to ...

Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov has been awarded the Order of Glory and Honour of the third degree in Russia after the oil producer he heads helped fund the construction of a new church in the centre ...

A superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch has been lingering off Montenegro's coast. Galactica Super Nova has been in roughly the same spot since March 2, tracking data shows. The ship has ...