MJ Martin (15 Dec 2004)
"Suspicions Cast on Russia After Poisoning"


By STEVE GUTTERMAN, Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW - In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.

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