{"id":32531,"date":"2022-12-26T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T11:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=32531"},"modified":"2022-12-26T11:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T11:45:52","slug":"former-russian-deputy-pm-who-quit-putins-government-over-ukraine-invasion-is-pictured-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2022\/12\/26\/former-russian-deputy-pm-who-quit-putins-government-over-ukraine-invasion-is-pictured-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Russian deputy PM who quit Putin&#039;s government over Ukraine invasion is pictured in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Former Russian deputy PM who quit Putin&#8217;s government and fled the country over invasion of Ukraine is pictured in Israel where he has &#8216;taken citizenship&#8217; after poisoning scare<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class><strong>Anatoly Chubais, 67, was pictured for the first time in Tel-Aviv, Israel&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>Chubais was at the centre of a poisoning scare which left him hospitalised&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>He became ill with severe numbness in his arms and legs after abandoning Putin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class><strong>Chubais and his wife Avdotya Smirnova received Israeli passports, reports said<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Katherine+Lawton+For+Mailonline\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow\">Katherine Lawton For Mailonline<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  06:10 EST, 26 December 2022 <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  06:21 EST, 26 December 2022 <\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A former Russian deputy Prime Minister who quit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/vladimir_putin\/index.html\" id=\"mol-ef1bd0c0-850d-11ed-aeeb-09011bab2f4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin<\/a>&#8216;s government and fled the country over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/russia-ukraine-conflict\/index.html\" id=\"mol-ef4774a0-850d-11ed-aeeb-09011bab2f4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> invasion has been pictured in Israel where he has &#8216;taken citizenship&#8217; after a poisoning scare.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anatoly Chubais, 67, once also the Kremlin chief of staff, is the most senior official to have walked out on Putin and was pictured for the first time in Tel-Aviv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was at the centre of a poisoning scare over the summer after fleeing Russia, which left him hospitalised in Sardinia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chubais became ill with severe numbness in his arms and legs after abandoning Putin and going abroad, resigning his post as the Russian leader&#8217;s envoy to international organisations in March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8f6880772d0a41d0\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937453-11574221-image-m-29_1672052530024.jpg\" height=\"510\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anatoly Chubais, 67, once also the Kremlin chief of staff, was pictured for the first time in Tel-Aviv\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anatoly Chubais, 67, once also the Kremlin chief of staff, was pictured for the first time in Tel-Aviv&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-314539f3709fe1e1\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937011-11574221-image-m-14_1672051310244.jpg\" height=\"657\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chubais, a former Russian deputy PM, was at the centre of a poisoning scare over the summer after fleeing Russia over the Ukraine war, which left him hospitalised in Sardinia\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chubais, a former Russian deputy PM, was at the centre of a poisoning scare over the summer after fleeing Russia over the Ukraine war, which left him hospitalised in Sardinia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8f6b52285122449e\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937037-11574221-image-a-12_1672051264635.jpg\" height=\"633\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chubais&nbsp;is the most senior official to have walked out on Putin. Pictured: Chubais, left, with Vladimir Putin, right\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chubais&nbsp;is the most senior official to have walked out on Putin. Pictured: Chubais, left, with Vladimir Putin, right<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His condition was eventually formally diagnosed as the rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome, yet there were claims that Italian secret services continued to investigate the case amid alleged poisoning attacks by Putin&#8217;s agents on multiple &#8216;enemies&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Independent Russian media outlet &#8216;We Can Explain&#8217; has now reported that both Chubais and his film-maker wife Avdotya Smirnova, 53, received Israeli passports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This gives them the right to travel and live in Europe without visas, the report said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-46723b45c0953b43\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937049-11574221-image-a-11_1672051228364.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chubais left Putin and went abroad, resigning his post as the Russian leader&#039;s envoy to international organisations in March\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chubais left Putin and went abroad, resigning his post as the Russian leader&#8217;s envoy to international organisations in March<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a2d8a9760c87e7f6\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937487-11574221-image-a-30_1672052650459.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Both Chubais and his film-maker wife Avdotya Smirnova, 53, pictured, received Israeli passports, reports said\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Both Chubais and his film-maker wife Avdotya Smirnova, 53, pictured, received Israeli passports, reports said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since leaving Russia, Chubais has been seen in Italy, Turkey and Cyprus. The couple also made an earlier trip to Israel in the spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A post from anti-Putin General SVR Telegram channel claimed Chubais was named on Putin&#8217;s draft hit list, but gave no evidence for the allegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The list was supposedly people hostile to Nikolai Patrushev &#8211; a close crony of the president who is secretary of the Russian security council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chubais was the key figure in privatising the Russian economy after the fall of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eb7b7df3265d1791\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937043-11574221-image-a-13_1672051301080.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chubais was the key figure in privatising the Russian economy after the fall of the Soviet Union. Pictured: Chubais, left, with Boris Yelstin, right, who served as the first president of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chubais was the key figure in privatising the Russian economy after the fall of the Soviet Union. Pictured: Chubais, left, with Boris Yelstin, right, who served as the first president of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-529dca3e18abf5f2\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937021-11574221-image-m-24_1672052051532.jpg\" height=\"524\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Chubais&#039;s condition was eventually diagnosed as the rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome, yet there were claims that Italian secret services continued to investigate the case amid alleged poisoning attacks by Putin&#039;s agents on multiple &#039;enemies&#039;\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Chubais&#8217;s condition was eventually diagnosed as the rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome, yet there were claims that Italian secret services continued to investigate the case amid alleged poisoning attacks by Putin&#8217;s agents on multiple &#8216;enemies&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-28d4efc0e6709f57\" src=\"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/65937489-11574221-image-a-32_1672052722404.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Another Russian known to have obtained an Israeli passport since the start of the war is Putin&#039;s &#039;goddaughter&#039; Ksenia Sobchak, 41, pictured\" class=\"nothing\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Another Russian known to have obtained an Israeli passport since the start of the war is Putin&#8217;s &#8216;goddaughter&#8217; Ksenia Sobchak, 41, pictured<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">For 12 years &#8211; until 2020 &#8211; he headed the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation (RUSNANO).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chubais&#8217;s Jewish roots came through his mother Raisa Sagal, from Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, another Russian known to have obtained an Israeli passport since the start of the war is Putin&#8217;s &#8216;goddaughter&#8217; Ksenia Sobchak, 41, a prominent TV personality and former presidential election candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She used the passport to flee via Belarus to EU state Lithuania &#8211; but later returned after evident assurances that Putin had not ordered her arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ms Sobchak has known Putin since she was a child when her father &#8211; then mayor of St Petersburg &#8211; appointed ex-KGB spy Putin as his deputy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She first reported in August that Chubais was suddenly taken ill with acute numbness in his arms and legs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adHolder watermark\" id=\"inread_player\"><span class=\"mol-ads-label-container\"><span class=\"mol-ads-label\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Russian deputy PM who quit Putin&#8217;s government and fled the country over invasion of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32542,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32531\/revisions\/32542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}