Sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was seen on the sidelines of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow aimed at bringing an end to the war in Ukraine. It's unclear what the Chelsea soccer club owner's role is.
near Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and a northern city in a move to build trust.
Abramovich appears to have established contacts high in Ukrainian government circles, to go alongside his long-standing links to the Kremlin. Abramovich’s presence in Istanbul was all the more surprising as it came a day after reports that he may have been poisoned at an earlier round of talks.The investigative news outlet Bellingcat reported Monday that Abramovich and two Ukrainian delegates suffered symptoms of nerve agent poisoning after attending talks on March 3, but all reportedly recovered.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had no details on the poisoning reports, but that the reporting to that effect “raises concerns because Russia has a real track record,” a reference to past poisoning cases blamed on Moscow. Abramovich amassed a fortune in Russia’s oil and aluminum industries following the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2005, Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom paid $13 billion for the Sibneft oil company controlled by Abramovich, allowing Putin’s Kremlin to recapture state influence in the lucrative energy industry.
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