Symptoms included red eyes, constant and painful tearing and peeling skin on their hands and faces.
Highlights
- Three men including Mr Abramovich suffered symptoms including red eyes, constant and painful tearing and peeling skin on their hands and faces.
- U.S.
- official: ‘Intelligence ‘highly suggests’ cause was environmental, ’not poisoning’ Ukrainian negotiator: ‘All members of the team are working normally, while Abramovich is fine and continues to work on the negotiations’ The billionaire lost his sight for several hours and had to be treated in Turkey.
- He is among those sanctioned by the UK government over his alleged links to Russian President Putin, which he denies.
- The three men had only consumed chocolate and water in the hours before their symptoms appeared.
- Experts say symptoms’most likely’ result of poisoning with ‘chemical weapon’