Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday dismissed reports that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms consistent with poisoning during an informal round of talks earlier this month, calling the reports “part of the information war”.
Peskov said this during his daily call with reporters:
“This is part of the information panic, part of the information sabotage, and the information war. These reports are not true…it is necessary to strongly filter the flow of information,” the spokesman said.
Peskov further confirmed that Abramovich was part of the talks in Istanbul that will kick off Tuesday, but said the Russian billionaire was not an official member of the delegation.
Abramovich is involved in ensuring certain contacts between the Russian and Ukrainian sides.
There was photographic evidence to confirm that Abramovich is indeed in the room this morning with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
(The Guardian)
