After a meeting in the Ukrainian capital in March, the Russian billionaire and at least two senior officials of the Ukrainian negotiator team “have developed symptoms”, writes the American newspaper.
Le Monde with AFP
The Russian Roman Abramovich oligarch, who tries to play the mediators between Moscow and kyiv to stop the war in Ukraine, as well as two Ukrainian negotiators have suffered symptoms that make a possible “poisoning”, reported, reported, Monday, March 28, the Wall Street Journal
After a meeting in the Ukrainian capital in March, the billionaire owner of the English football club Chelsea as well as at least two senior officials of the Ukrainian negotiator team “have developed symptoms” – red eyes and tearful, face And hands who are doing – writes the American newspaper citing “people aware of this situation”. Their symptoms then improved “and their lives are not in danger,” he adds.
The sources of everyday life have evoked a possible poisoning and suspect the supporters of a hard line in Moscow who, in his opinion, want to saboter the talks to put an end to the war in Ukraine.
” Symptoms compatible with chemical weapons poisoning “
A close to Roman Abramovich, however, said, for his part, that it was not certain of the identity of those who would have taken the target group, says the Wall Street Journal, also stressing that Western experts could not determine the cause of the symptoms.
The newspaper confirms, in any case, that the Russian oligarch, considered close to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and already targeted by sanctions of the European Union and the United Kingdom in the wake of the invasion. Russian of Ukraine, began to shuttle between Moscow and Ukraine as part of a mediation to end the conflict.
For its part, the Bellingcat investigative site confirms that “three members of the delegation participating in the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of March 3, 2022 have presented symptoms compatible with poisoning. Chemical weapons. One of the victims was the Russian entrepreneur Abramovich. “
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No sanctions against Roman Abramovich
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said Sunday that several Russian businessmen, including Roman Abramovich, had proposed their help to Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal had revealed last week that the Ukrainian president had asked his American counterpart, Joe Biden, not to punish Roman Abramovych, arguing that he could play a role in the peace negotiations between the Ukraine and Russia.
And in fact, the billionaire is not, at this stage, on the list of oligarchs sanctioned by Washington, which has expanded several times and again this last Thursday.