According to the Wall Street Journal, Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators showed symptoms of poisoning

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and two members of the Ukrainian delegation experienced symptoms of possible poisoning in talks with Russia after meeting in Kyiv in early March. The Wall Street Journal And confirmed by the international organization Bellingcat this Monday. However, a member of the US government told Reuters a few hours later that the country’s intelligence services believed that the symptoms were caused by “environmental factors” and not by poisoning.

The American newspaper reported that Abramovich and the negotiators had symptoms such as “redness of the eyes, constant and painful tears and peeling of the skin of the face and hands.” “Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation who attended the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of March 3-4, 2022, were experiencing symptoms of chemical poisoning,” the group said in a statement.

After the information The Wall Street Journal And Bellingcat, a journalist Guardian Sean Walker assured that sources close to Abramovich confirm that the tycoon lost his sight “for several hours” and had to undergo treatment in Turkey.

According to Bellingcat, Russian businessman Abramovich and Ukrainian parliamentarian Rustem Umerov participated in the round of talks on March 3. When the meeting ended, the three members moved to their own apartment in Kiev, where they began to show symptoms that did not stop the next day when the group left the capital for Lviv, then Poland, and finally Istanbul. They have already undergone a medical examination in Turkey, which concluded that it was chemical poisoning, although it may be due to some kind of electromagnetic radiation.

The Wall Street Journal It says some of the people involved in the incident point out that the Kremlin’s heavy wing is responsible for the possible poisoning, which they attribute to the disruption of the talks. The businessman’s entourage, in turn, told the American newspaper that it was still unknown who would attack the negotiators. For his part, the spokesman for the government of Volodymyr Zelensky assured that they have no information about it.

So far neither Russia nor Ukraine, which will meet in a new round of talks this Tuesday, have made any official statements following WSJ news and further information from the United States.

The former Chelsea owner has been banned from the post of director of a football club after the UK Sanctions will be imposed on him As part of measures against Russian invasion of Ukraine. The country also decided to freeze the assets of the Russian businessman, even though he was not on the list of oligarchs.