The Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators seeking to mediate between Moscow and Kiev to end the war in Ukraine have met with signs suggesting the possibility of “poisoning,” The Wall Street newspaper reported Monday.
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After a meeting in the Ukrainian capital in March, the American newspaper wrote that the billionaire owner of the English football club Chelsea and at least two senior officials from the Ukrainian negotiating team had “made signs”, citing “those who knew the situation”. Reddening of the eyes, watering of the face and hands: these symptoms later improved, “their lives are not in danger,” he added.
Sources in the newspaper speak of possible toxicity, and are suspected of being extremists in Moscow who say they want to sabotage the talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
However, a relative of Roman Abramovich said he was not sure about the identity of the group’s targets, the Wall Street Journal notes, confirming that Western experts could not determine the cause of the symptoms.
The newspaper confirms that the spacecraft began flying between Moscow and Ukraine following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian oligarchy considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and already targeted by sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United Kingdom. A mediator to end the conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky said on Sunday that several Russian businessmen, including Roman Abramovich, had offered to help Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Ukrainian president had asked his US President Joe Biden not to allow Roman Abramovich, arguing that he could play a role in the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
In fact, the list of oligarchy allowed by billionaire Washington does not appear at this point, and was extended several more times and again last Thursday.
