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Moscow - The death of Christophe de Margerie, CEO of French oil giant Total, in a plane crash at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport late last night was a serious tragedy, Alexei Kudrin, a former Russian finance minister, said on Twitter.

De Margerie had done a lot to bring investment into Russia, Kudrin wrote.