London: Thanasis Gavos
Meeting in Moscow with him Vladimir Putin had the Roman Abramovich last Wednesday carrying his handwritten note President Zelenskythe Times reveal.
According to the British newspaper, the Russian tycoon traveled to Moscow on one of his private jets from Istanbul. The note of the Ukrainian President delivered to the Russian President contained a summary of the conditions that Kyiv would accept for the end of the war.
Putin’s initial response, according to the report, was clearly negative: “Tell him I will crush them.”
The same night Abramovich He returned to Istanbul and met with Rustem Umerov, a Ukrainian lawmaker representing Kyiv in the negotiations. Umerov is said to have met Abramovich several times in five-star hotels in Istanbul under the co-ordination of Ibrahim Kalin, his spokesman. President Erdogan.
According to the Times, despite Putin’s negative response, negotiations through this channel of talks are said to have progressed, “offering the hope of an unstable peace agreement in Ukraine and a major diplomatic victory for Turkey.”
The report, referring to Kalin’s statement to Hurriyet that the two sides are “close to an agreement”, notes that the thorn in the side of the talks is the future of Crimea and Donbass.
Mr. Kalin is said to have been involved in the formation of a proposal stating that Crimea and Donbas will remain under Russian control under a long-term transfer agreement, such as the Hong Kong agreement that placed the area under British control from 1898 to 1997, with the final future of the province set at a future date.
According to the Times, before the 2014 uprising, Ukraine had ceded to Russia the Sevastopol naval base in the Black Sea.
President Putin is reportedly considering the proposal, but the paper comments that his anger over Russia’s military failures in Ukraine and personal anger at Zelensky, as indicated in his response to Abramovich, make him an unstable partner in any peace agreement.
Abramovich, accompanied by Umerov, is also said to have visited Kyiv, where he met with Zelensky.
The article comments that the Russian tycoon’s active role at first seems to be motivated by personal motives, as Russian oligarchs know that their wealth and freedom depend on Putin’s whims.
It is noted that more than 20 oligarchs from Russia have a presence in Turkey, where one can buy citizenship by buying a property worth $ 250,000. Abramovich’s two yachts have anchored in Bodrum, as he has not been sanctioned by Turkey.
However, having seen the effects of the war, the Times adds, Roman Abramovich is really determined to help end the conflict. It is noted that Irina’s mother was born in Ukraine and that his daughter Sofia has publicly expressed her opposition to the war.
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