Roman AbramovichMOSCOW, Mar 24 Businessman Roman Abramovich was indeed involved in the initial stage of organizing the negotiations The Russian Federation and Ukraine are now working negotiating groups, spokesman for the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that Vladimir Zelensky advised US President Joe Biden not to temporarily impose restrictive measures against Abramovich, as he could help in negotiations with Russia.
The British authorities allowed Abramovich to invest in Chelsea «He really took part at the initial stage (in the negotiations — ed. .). Now negotiations are underway between two negotiating teams — Russian and Ukrainian,» Peskov said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. Abramovich's yacht moored in Marmaris
