{"id":1037695,"date":"2022-03-29T01:28:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/29\/chelsea-owner-abramovich-allegedly-poisoned\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T01:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:28:56","slug":"chelsea-owner-abramovich-allegedly-poisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/29\/chelsea-owner-abramovich-allegedly-poisoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea owner Abramovich allegedly poisoned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, was poisoned along with Ukrainian negotiators, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal\u00a0is reporting that the Vladimir Putin ally and\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0FC owner \u2013 who has been sanctioned by the UK government \u2013 was hit by symptoms after a suspected poisoning at a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Abramovich, and at least two senior Ukrainian officials, are said to have developed peeling skin on their faces and hands, red eyes, and constant and painful tearing, the paper reported.<\/p>\n

Quoting \u2018people familiar with the matter\u2019, it added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has met with Abramovich, was not been affected.<\/p>\n

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The lives of the Chelsea owner and negotiators are not thought to be in danger.<\/p>\n

Widespread reports have previously suggested Russian forces are attempting to assassinate Zelensky, but it is unclear who the target of the alleged poisoning would have been.<\/p>\n

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Russia has been widely blamed for a series of poisonings around the world, including a Novichok incident in Salisbury, Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko and opposition figure Alexei Navalny.<\/p>\n

The investigative media group Bellingcat said the incident took place overnight from March 3 to 4, with three people experiencing \u2018symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons\u2019 including Abramovich.<\/p>\n

\u2018Abramovich, along with another Russian entrepreneur, had taken part in the negotiations alongside Ukraine\u2019s MP Rustem Umerov\u2019, it tweeted.<\/p>\n

\u2018The negotiation round on the afternoon of 3 March took place on Ukrainian territory and lasted until about 10 pm.<\/p>\n

\u2018Three members of the negotiating team retreated to an apartment in Kyiv later that night and felt initial symptoms \u2013 including eye and skin inflammation and piercing pain in the eyes \u2013 later that night.<\/p>\n

\u2018The symptoms did not abate until the morning.\u2019<\/p>\n

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