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Russian businessman Roman Abramovich is involved in ensuring certain contacts between Russia and Ukraine, but is not an official member of the Russian delegation, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, said. According to him, Abramovich’s participation has been approved by both parties, RIA Novosti reports.
“Roman Abramovich is helping to ensure certain contacts between the Russian and Ukrainian sides. He is not an official member of the delegation. But nevertheless, from our side, he is also present at the talks in Istanbul,” – said Peskov.
As Peskov explained, in order to carry out contacts between the two sides, it is necessary to obtain approval from both sides. “In the case of Abramovich, this approval is from both sides,” the Kremlin spokesman added.