Kiev highs Abramovich: It's an effective mediator in talks with Russia

Ukraine says the owner of Chelsea FC, which is subject to British sanctions, helps prevent misunderstandings among warring powers.

The “has long been known in the media space that it is an extremely effective mediator among the delegations and partly moderates the process so that there will be no misunderstanding at first,” so the Ukrainian negotiator, Mykhailo Podolyak, said.

Podolyak went on to dismiss speculations that Abramovich had been poisoned during talks on the Ukrainian-Belarus border earlier this month as the “conspiracy manager”.

The Ukrainian delegation suggested that these reports were built to exert pressure on Moscow and Kiev.