Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, an ally of President Vladimir Putin and an intermediary in peace talks, suffered symptoms including impaired vision and peeling skin after the session in early March; several other officials participating in the same session contracted similar symptoms, a person close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told The New York Times
The sporadic and so-far unproductive talks to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine produced a bizarre new development Monday involving a Russian oligarch, a group of officials from both countries and suspicions of a potential poisoning at a negotiating session early this month.
The details were murky and difficult to sort out amid claims and counterclaims. But by day’s end, the flurry of allegations and suspicions was drawing notice in world capitals and online, and adding another level of intrigue to peace talks that have produced plenty of mixed messages and only limited progress.
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