Yushchenko was poisoned after all

By Aussiegirl

It sounded like the plot from a James Bond movie, or a John Le Carre spy thriller of the Cold War era, but in this case, it turned out to be true. The Times Online has this article on their website today:

Who poisoned Yushchenko?

From Jeremy Page in Kiev

Doctors at the Austrian clinic that treated Ukraine's opposition leader confirm there was a plot to kill him

MEDICAL experts have confirmed that Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's opposition leader, was poisoned in an attempt on his life during election campaigning, the doctor who supervised his treatment at an Austrian clinic said yesterday.

Doctors at Vienna's exclusive Rudolfinerhaus clinic are within days of identifying the substance that left Mr Yushchenko's face disfigured with cysts and lesions, Nikolai Korpan told The Times in a telephone interview.

Specialists in Britain, the United States and France had helped to establish that it was a biological agent, a chemical agent or, most likely, a rare poison that struck him down in the run-up to the presidential election, he said. Doctors needed to examine Mr. Yushchenko again at the clinic in Vienna to confirm their diagnosis but were in no doubt that the substance was administered deliberately, he said.

"This is no longer a question for discussion," Dr Korpan said. "We are now sure that we can confirm which substance caused this illness. He received this substance from other people who had a specific aim."

Asked if the aim had been to kill him, Dr Korpan said: "Yes, of course." ...

Read the entire article at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1393172,00.html