[BRIEF NOTE] What Happened to Yushchenko?

[rfmcdonald]

CTV, among other news sources, tells us:

Doctors at a private clinic in Vienna are confirming what Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko has been claiming all along -- that he was poisoned.

The doctors say Yushchenko was a victim of dioxin poisoning. However, they added that they're not certain the poisoning was deliberate.

"There were high concentrations of dioxin, most likely orally administered," said Dr. Michael Zimpfer, head of the private Rudolfinerhaus clinic where Yushchenko has been undergoing treatment.

"There is no doubt," Zimpfer told reporters at a news conference. However, Zimpfer added it was impossible to determine how the poisoning took place.

"We weren't there and we will leave that to the legal authorities to decide."

Well. Ukrainian politics in 2005 look like they'll be very interesting.