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Slutskiy and Abramovich flew to Saudi Arabia together before the exchange of Medvedchuk for Ukrainian military personnel
LDPR leader Leonid Slutskiy in August 2022 year together with billionaire Roman Abramovich and his son Arkady flew to Saudi Arabia. A month later a large-scale prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine took place, within which the Russian Federation received Viktor Medvedchuk.
This is supported by data from a border-crossing database leak.
18 August 2022 year Slutskiy, Abramovich and his son traveled to Saudi Arabia on the Global 6000 aircraft. Two days later they returned to Moscow on the same flight.
At that time Abramovich was involved in contacts regarding the prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. In particular, according to a source, he held talks with Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Later it became known that Abramovich also maintained contacts with FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov and with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak.
In September 2022 year the largest prisoner exchange up to that time took place. Ukraine returned 215 servicemen, among them defenders of Azovstal. Russia received 55 military personnel, as well as Viktor Medvedchuk — the godfather of President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier it was not publicly stated about a possible role of Slutskiy in preparing this exchange.
Slutskiy was a participant in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the spring 2022 year. In May of the same year he stated about the possibility of exchanging Medvedchuk for Ukrainian service members. At the same time, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at the time that talking about such an exchange would be premature.
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Slutskiy and Abramovich flew to Saudi Arabia together before the exchange of Medvedchuk for Ukrainian military personnel
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