Roman Abramovich “poisoned” at peace talks with Ukraine

Posted on: 30th March,2022

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Mr Abramovich is said to have been on the border for talks with peace negotiators Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border earlier this month, sources close to him say. Two Ukrainian peace negotiators were also said to have been affected. However, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says it would hardly be surprising that the US would want to dampen down suggestions that anyone – especially Russia – had used a chemical weapon in Ukraine, as this could push them into retaliatory action that they are extremely reluctant to take. ‘Piercing pain in the eyes’ The conditions of Mr Abramovich and the Ukrainian negotiators, who include Ukrainian MP Rustem Umerov, have improved since the incident on 3 March, the Wall Street Journal quoted sources as saying. The symptoms included “eye and skin inflammation and piercing pain in the eyes”, Bellingcat reported.