A TERRIFIED PERSON According to stories, Roman Abramovich wondered whether he was going to die after being poisoned with a lethal WWI chemical weapon.
After taking part in peace negotiations to settle Russia-Ukraine conflict, the wealthy tycoon is alleged to have gone blind for many hours and skin peeled off his hands and face.
The sanctioned Chelsea owner, 55, and two Ukrainian peace mediators reportedly became ill after eating poisoned chocolates.
Abramovich was poisoned with the World War One chemical warfare agent chloropicrin or a modest dose of novichok, according to fresh evidence.
The purported strike was blamed on Moscow hardliners who seek to disrupt peace negotiations and keep Vladimir Putin’s brutal conflict against Ukraine going.
One person there told the New York Times that his symptoms were so bad that he questioned scientists evaluating him, “Are we dying?” at one point.
Abramovich has been attempting to negotiate a peace settlement, and it was alleged that he was poisoned while in Kyiv meeting with Ukrainian authorities.
A bleary-eyed Abramovich was photographed for the first time since the accusation surfaced, during a new round of peace negotiations beginning on Tuesday in Istanbul.
Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist, made the accusation concerning the usage of chloropicrin.
He oversaw the investigation into the claimed attack and assembled a team of experts to explain what had occurred.
Grozov has now confirmed to the Popular Politics YouTube channel that all of the professionals have agreed on the most likely cause of their symptoms.
The substance is a chemical warfare agent that was utilised in World War One and stored throughout World War Two.
“All the specialists stated it wasn’t a coincidence, food poisoning, or an allergy,” he claimed.
“They also unanimously agreed that the only method to detect the agent was to bring these folks to a laboratory or submit a blood sample to a laboratory equipped to detect war chemicals.”
“Which agent did they all agree on?” he was asked.
“Chlorpicrin – this is the substance causing practically all of the identified symptoms,” Grozev said.
“The main disadvantage of the concept was that chlorpicrin has a strong odour, making it difficult to administer without being observed.”
“However, one of the professionals mentioned that there were advancements of this substance – without scent.”
“Other hypotheses included a little dose of novichok, which, according to one extremely experienced specialist, may have caused similar symptoms.”
Novichok was used to poison GRU double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia at their Salisbury residence.
Grozev works for the British investigative firm Bellingcat as well as independent Russian media outlets.
He stated that he was called in around March 3 to investigate the matter since he was aware of past poisonings.
It comes after Vladimir Putin reportedly informed Abramovich that if he tried to mediate a peace accord, he would “thrash” Ukraine.
The Chelsea owner allegedly travelled to Moscow to see the Russian autocrat, but was turned down and sent a terrifying threat to Kyiv.
He travelled to Moscow last week to give along a handwritten message from Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to Putin.
