Participants of the negotiating groups between the Russian Federation and Ukraine could be poisoned with chemical weapons: what is known

Three participants in the Russian-Ukraine talks had symptoms similar to those of chemical weapons poisoning. Businessman Roman Abramovich was among the victims. Meduza.

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Investigative project Bellingcat foundthat Abramovich, along with another Russian businessman, whose name was not disclosed, met in Kyiv with Rustem Umerov, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine participating in negotiations with Russia. The meeting, according to Bellingcat, began in the afternoon and continued until 10 pm. At the end of the meeting, the participants began to experience sharp pain in the eyes and inflammation of the skin. The symptoms continued until the next morning.

According to Bellingcat, the experts concluded that the symptoms were most likely caused by poisoning with a chemical weapon, the type of which is not precisely determined. A less likely version is called exposure to microwave radiation. Before the onset of symptoms, all three victims had consumed nothing but water and chocolate, according to Bellingcat.

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The participants in the meeting in Kyiv were more likely to be intimidated than to cause real harm to their health, according to Bellingcat, citing experts. This is indicated by the alleged type of poisonous substance and its dose. Symptoms most consistent with poisoning porphyrin, organophosphates or bicyclic compounds. It was impossible to accurately determine the type of substance, since no testing was carried out on specialized laboratory equipment.

Roman Abramovich completely lost his sight, the BBC Russian Service reported. According to the publication, the businessman's skin "peeled off", and his symptoms disappeared only after a few days. The BBC also reports that Abramovich and Umerov developed symptoms when they traveled from Kyiv to Istanbul. According to Bellingcat reports, this happened back in Kyiv, right after the meeting.

“They thought about both the Ukrainian and the Russian side,” said a source close to Abramovich. The victims did not come to any conclusion who could have done it. According to the source, there is a version that the poisonous substance could have been sprayed into the air.

The businessman was experiencing symptoms similar to those of poisoning. Abramovich is now feeling fine and continues to engage in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, the source said.

On the poisoning of negotiators also reported newspaper The Wall Street Journal. She confirmed that Roman Abramovich and two other people were injured. WSJ notes that Abramovich met in Kyiv with Vladimir Zelensky. The President of Ukraine had no symptoms of poisoning. By According to newspapers, the poisoning may be related to attempts by some forces in the Kremlin to derail negotiations to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

The Office of the President of Ukraine did not confirm the information about the poisoning of the negotiators. “All members of the negotiating group are working today as usual. There are a lot of information speculations, various conspiracy theories and elements of this or that information game in the information field now. Therefore, I repeat once again that the members of the negotiating groups are working today in regular modes, ”said Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine.

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American intelligence believes that there was no poisoning. About it reported Reuters, citing an unnamed American representative. The negotiators' symptoms may have been caused by an "environmental factor" rather than poisoning, a source told Reuters. What "environmental factor" in question is not specified.

Umerov refuted reports of poisoning and urged not to trust "unverified sources of information."

"I'm alright. Do not read Soviet newspapers before lunch,” he wrote on Facebook.

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