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Mr Yushchenko, who fell victim to a mysterious poisoning that almost cost him his life after he led the Orange Revolution in 2004, fears that his country could be next on Vladimir Putin's hit list.

Whaaat?

If I remember correctly, he was allegedly poisoned with dioxin in the run-up to the elections, which he then allegedly had stolen from him which allegedly sparked the "Orange Revolution".

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 03:41:57 AM EST
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the poisoning took place long before Yuschenko became a caue célèbre - in fact, at that time, he was seen as the pro-Kremlin candidate, with Yanukocich seen as the candidate of the Eastern Ukrainian oligarchs which were hostile to Russian investment in Ukraine...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Aug 28th, 2008 at 06:02:12 AM EST
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