Roman Abramovich, owner of the oligarchs and Chelsea, is said to have asked, “Are we dying now?” When he developed symptoms of poisoning after participating in peace talks. The New York Times writes.
The New York Times He cites a source who was said to have been in the room when Abramovich was checked for symptoms of poisoning.
There is a great deal of uncertainty about what happened after three participants reported symptoms in the eyes and on the skin after participating in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in early March.
It was the Wall Street Journal that reported on Monday Three people showed signs of poisoning After participating in the conversations.
In addition to Russian oligarch and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich (55), two Ukrainian peace negotiators are said to have developed symptoms.
Ukraine and Russia rejected it
but Monday Ukrainian and Russian authorities refuse That delegation was poisoned in March:
- Mikhail Podoljak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky, said, according to medusa:
There is a lot of speculation, conspiracy theories and game elements about the information. So I repeat that the members of the negotiating groups are working as usual. - According to Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said tast:
– This is part of the media campaign, part of information sabotage, part of the information war. These reports certainly do not correspond to reality, there were already statements from representatives of the same Abramovich. And now you are watching the whole delegation on TV from Istanbul.
At the same time, symptoms of poisoning were confirmed by Bellingcat, BBC and Watchman. The media itself claims that it spoke to sources who confirmed the incident.
The Guardian: He lost his sight for several hours
Bellingcat wrote that participants ate only chocolate and drank water during the negotiations on March 3. After the meeting ended at ten in the evening, the delegation traveled through Poland to Turkey.
During the night, three of the participants must have experienced impaired vision and skin lesion.
– Roman lost his sight for several hours. In Turkey, he received treatment in a clinic with Rostam, according to another source Watchman.
Rustam Amirov is a key member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation.
The symptoms must have been so severe that Roman Abramovich asked the researcher who examined him, “Are we dying now?” It tells the source who should have been present, for The New York Times.
The expert who examined the three men is said to have replied that “the amount and type of poison that was used was not sufficient to inflict life-threatening injuries, and was most likely an attempt to frighten the victims – not permanently harm them.” He writes. Bellingcat on Twitter.
He wrote that Western intelligence sources refer to the evidence as “doubtful and difficult to verify.” The New York Times.
writes on facebook Rustam Amirov It’s fine, but there’s an information war going on:
– I’m good. This is my response to all the speculation news that is spreading. Do not rely on unconfirmed information, writes the Ukrainian.
VG is outside the peace negotiations in Turkey:
On Tuesday, Roman Abramovich appeared during the peace talks in Istanbul, and, according to the Kremlin, the oligarchy must be approved by both parties as a mediator.
Abramovich did not respond to his role in the peace talks.
According to the New York Times, the Russian oligarch became acquainted with Rostam Omirov in the Ukrainian negotiating team.
A source close to the negotiations told the newspaper that Amirov believes that Abramovich wants to see an end to the war.
Chelsea owner according to Forbes Good for $67 billion. Russia’s Abramovich has been subject to severe sanctions in Britain, but he is not on the US sanctions list.
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