The Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, who participates from the Russian side in the negotiations with the hooks on the cease-fire, and the negotiators from the Ukrainian side after a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month appeared symptoms of poisoning, reports the Wall Street Journal newspaper with reference to its sources. It is reported by the Russian BBC service.
It is noted that soon after this, the BellingCat edition at its twitter confirmed the information Wall Street Journal.
Correspondents Wall Street Journal Yaroslav Trofimov and Max Colchester write that Abramovich and two members of the Ukrainian delegation had redness of the eyes, permanent and painful tears, as well as detachment of the skin on the face and hands. Their state later improved, there is no threat to life. The representative of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that he is unknown about a similar incident.
From the article of the American newspaper, it follows that Abramovich attended not only Kyiv, but also Lviv, and also met personally with Zelensky (he had no such symptoms).
The sources of Wall Street Journal believe that poisoning set up some power in Moscow wishing to disrupt the negotiations. The newspaper also interviewed Western experts, which were allowed both poisoning with some chemical or biological agent and the effects of electromagnetic radiation
BBC notes that the Wall Street Journal in the updated version of its article writes that the investigation that revealed these facts was headed by Hristo Grozov from Bellingcat.
According to Groza, which leads the Wall Street Journal, to take the samples in a timely manner at the victims in Lviv, where they were at that moment, it turned out to be impossible. By the time German criminologists were able to inspect Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators, it was no longer possible to identify the footprints of the poison. “It was not an attempt to murder, just a warning,” – quotes the thunderstorm WSJ.
In the meantime, the telegram channel FaridaILY journalist Farida Rustamova, in the past, and in the Russian BBC service, reports that its sources confirm that Abramovich experienced the symptoms described about two weeks ago, he also lost his eyesight for several hours. Now he, and other victims in order.