Terrified and suspected of living his last hours. This is what Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was like when he began to suffer symptoms compatible with possible poisoning in early March, after participating in the first negotiation meetings between delegates from Russia and Ukraine, according to sources close to the businessman.
The ex? club owner Chelsea, 55, lost his sight for several hours and had problems with the skin of his hands and face, a picture that aroused suspicion of a possible attack of intelligence.
According to the research portal Bellingcat, one of the first to report the case this week, the participants of those first meetings only drank water and ate chocolate. Negotiations lasted until 10 pm in Kiev, and during the night two people began to experience symptoms, including vision problems and peeling of the skin.
As they were on their way to Lviv, to address the next round of dialogue, the delegation asked Bellingcat's executive director Christo Grozev, a researcher who knows the issue closely for having worked on the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Fears were already installed among the delegates.
According to a source present to the New York Times, the symptoms were severe enough for Abramovich to think that his life was in danger. “Are we dying?” , he asked the scientist examining him.
Bellingcat explained that, according to the analysis conducted, “the dose and type of toxin used were probably not sufficient to cause life-threatening harm, and most likely intended to frighten victims rather than cause them permanent harm.”
For their part, those affected indicated that they did not know who might be interested in attacking them.
Also, some Western officials tried to defuse rumors of possible poisoning, suggesting that “environmental factors” were responsible, the Times said. “The evidence is rather scarce and in a difficult place,” said one official.
Abramovich looked recovered in the following weeks and this Tuesday he returned to participate in the meetings, being present at the meeting in Istanbul.
“Abramovich is playing a role in establishing contacts between the Russian and Ukrainian sides,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov, who also rejected versions of the poison attack, told the press. “This is part of the information war” against Russia, he said, assuring that “of course this information does not correspond to reality.”
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