Abramovich

2022 - 3 - 28

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Antigua investigates yacht with possible Abramovich ties (Financial Times)

The Antiguan government is investigating a yacht with apparent links to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The 67-metre explorer vessel, named Garçon, ...

Roman Abramovich suffered suspected poisoning at talks (unknown)

The Chelsea FC owner - who has now recovered - reportedly suffered sore eyes and peeling skin. Two Ukrainian peace negotiators were also said to have been ...

But somebody, it seems, wanted to send a warning to those taking part in the peace talks. He reportedly met Mr Zelensky during the trip, but the Ukrainian leader was not affected and his spokesman had no information about the incident. Nobody else was affected by these very serious medical afflictions. The Kremlin has said Mr Abramovich played an early role in peace talks but the process was now in the hands of the two countries' negotiating teams. A source close to Mr Abramovich told the BBC he had now recovered and was continuing with negotiations to try and end the war in Ukraine. And later an official in the Ukrainian president's office, Ihor Zhovkva, told the BBC that while he hadn't spoken to Mr Abramovich, members of the Ukrainian delegation were "fine" and one had said the story was "false".

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Chelsea FC owner temporarily lost eyesight and was hit by other symptoms along with two Ukrainian negotiators.

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich spotted at Ukraine peace talks (Globalnews.ca)

Roman Abramovich has been “ensuring certain contacts between the Russian and Ukrainian sides,” a Kremlin spokesman said, but is not an official member of ...

He has been rumored to be in Israel several times since the war erupted, according to the movements of planes purportedly belonging to him. Abramovich has said proceeds of the club’s sale, which is subject to government approval, will go to a foundation he started for victims of the war in Ukraine. The Solaris, a yacht belonging Abramovich, was seen docked in Turkey’s Aegean Sea resort of Bodrum earlier this month, Turkish media reports said. Is it possible not to be on the sanctions list?’” He took Israeli citizenship in 2018, although it is not clear how much time he spends in the country. Could diplomatic go-between be added to the resume of Roman Abramovich?

Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning: Reports (Aljazeera.com)

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning, WSJ reports.

But with the civilian death toll mounting and Russia resorting to air raids and shelling attacks that are laying waste to large swaths of Ukrainian territory, diplomatic efforts aimed at brokering a ceasefire have intensified. Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. Asked about the suspected poisoning, Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak said “there is a lot of speculation, various conspiracy theories”. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the incident to the Reuters news agency but said Abramovich had not allowed it to stop him working. “Based on remote and on-site examinations, the experts concluded that the symptoms are most likely the result of international poisoning with an undefined chemical weapon,” the outlet said, adding that the move was most likely intended to “scare the victims as opposed to cause permanent damage”. A US official said intelligence suggested the sickening of Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators was due to an environmental factor, not poisoning.

Why is Abramovich playing peacemaker after Russia's invasion of ... (The Guardian)

In photographs released from the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on Tuesday, one face stood out, smiling as the negotiations got under way. Sanctioned ...

After the visit during which Abramovich fell ill, he returned again for another trip to the Ukrainian capital, said the source. However, he did not mention Abramovich’s visits to Kyiv, or his own purported meetings with the oligarch. In Kyiv, Abramovich is seen as, at the very least, a serious interlocutor who has Putin’s ear. Abramovich settled with Belton after her publisher agreed the book would acknowledge this was not a statement of fact. Grozev has a record of uncovering poisoning attempts, including identifying the Russian hit squad that allegedly poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in 2020. These reports are not true … it is necessary to strongly filter the flow of information.”