Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian peace negotiators “suffered a suspected POISONING that caused the skin to peel off their faces after attending talks earlier this month.”
Roman Abramovich suffered a suspected poisoning along with Ukrainian peace negotiators earlier this month, sources said.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the owner of Chelsea FC was reportedly poisoned just weeks ago after a meeting in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, when he was acting as a “peacemaker” in the Russian war in Ukraine.
After the meeting in Kyiv, Abramovich and two senior members of the Ukrainian team developed symptoms including red eyes, painful tearing and peeling skin on his face and hands, sources told the newspaper.
Analysts at Bellingcat confirmed that three members of the delegation – including Abramovich – who attended the March 3 Ukraine-Russia peace talks “experienced symptoms consistent with chemical weapons poisoning.”
Abramovich, another Russian businessman, and Ukrainian MP Rustem Umerov took part in the negotiations, with talks lasting until around 10 p.m., investigative news site Bellingcat said.
The three members of the delegation left the talks later that night on March 3 at an apartment in Kyiv.
There they all suffered from eye and skin infections and sharp pains in their eyes until the next morning.
Sources told the WSJ they blamed the alleged poisoning on hardliners in Moscow who wanted to ruin talks to end the war.
Abramovich jets between Istanbul, Moscow and Kyiv for peace talks.
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Roman Abramovich suffered a suspected poisoning along with Ukrainian peace negotiators earlier this month, sources said
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