Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has not been poisoned, but his symptoms are caused by an external environmental factor, a US official has told Reuters.
The oligarchy and two Ukrainian peace negotiators had a clue There may have been poisoning after the meeting in Kiev earlier this monthThis Monday (28) The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted “those who know the matter well”.
An anonymous source told the Associated Press that the intelligence passed to Hussein provided information on US-led operations in the area. […]Not poison. ” The American declined to elaborate further on the matter.
Belling Gate, a Dutch-based investigative journalism website, closely follows the crisis between Ukraine And Russia, Says he confirmed the same information in the American newspaper with his sources. This is exactly what the British newspaper The Guardian did.
According to the WSJ, after the meeting in the Ukrainian capital, Abramovich traveled between Moscow, Lviv and other places of business, as well as at least two senior members of the Ukrainian negotiating team. Symptoms such as red eyes, persistent, painful tearing and peeling of the skin on the face and handsThose sources said.
As far as the WSJ can determine, the lives of Abramovich and the Ukrainian negotiators are not in danger and their condition has improved since they were said to be poisoned.
A U.S. official told Reuters U.S. intelligence that the symptoms were caused by an environmental factor, not poison.
According to the Guardian, Abramovich lost his sight for “several hours” and was treated at a health center in Turkey, where he traveled after an informal meeting to negotiate peace amid the Russian invasion. Ukraine.
Abramovich was one of the few Russian billionaires allowed to be part of a Western effort to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine. The oligarchy has no close ties to Putin.
Apart from the owner of Chelsea FC, the newspaper has identified one of the negotiators who showed signs: Rustem Umerov, Ukrainian parliamentarian and industrialist.
Rustem Umerov, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, is taking part in peace talks with Russian representatives on February 28, 2022 in the Komal region of Belarus. – Photo: Sergei Collodin / Felda Pool Photo via AP
The attack may be linked to Moscow extremists seeking to sabotage talks to end the war in Russia. UkraineWSJ reports.
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Billionaire Abramovich froze assets by the UK in early March. According to the latest Forbes rankings, he is the 142nd richest man in the world.
Abramovich owns shares in English football club Chelsea FC and shares in Abramovich Steel, Evros and Norilsk Nickel. His net worth is currently around $ 12.3 billion and his net worth has already risen to $ 23.5 billion in 2008.
In 2005, the billionaire sold a 73% stake in Russian oil company Chipneft to state-owned gas company Cosprom for $ 13 billion.
In addition to the investment, Forbes claims that Russia owns the world’s second-largest boat, the 533-foot Eclipse, which was purchased in 2010 for nearly $ 400 million. The millionaire owns the Boeing 767-300ER variant of “The Bandit”.
Forbes also points out that Abramovich has already spent $ 2.5 billion in the eastern Sukotka region. RussiaThere he served as governor and chairman of the local Duma from 2001 to 2013, transferring more than $ 90 million worth of New York assets to his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova.
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