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In 2004, presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine was poisoned with a large dose of TCDD. His blood TCDD concentration was measured 108,000 pg/g of fat, [54] which is the second highest ever measured. This concentration implies a dose exceeding 2 mg, or 25 μg/kg of body weight.
Viktor's mother, Varvara Tymofiyovna Yushchenko (1918–2005), taught physics and mathematics at the same school. The Sumy Oblast region where he was born is predominantly Ukrainian-speaking, and this differentiated him in later life from his political counterparts, for whom Russian was the mother tongue.
Viktor Yushchenko, the third President of Ukraine. Yuschenko was found to have been poisoned with TCDD dioxin during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election campaign. In 2009, he accused Russia of shielding a number of witnesses to his poisoning, and called on the Russian government to turn them over. [25]
Russia has denied any role in the poisoning and said Britain was whipping up anti-Russian hysteria. ... VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO. Viktor Yushchenko, then a Ukrainian opposition leader, was poisoned ...
Viktor Yushchenko. Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential campaign, in which he ran on a pro-Western ticket against pro ...
Viktor Yushchenko with chloracne after his TCDD poisoning incident In 2004, in a notable individual case of dioxin poisoning, Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko was exposed to the second-largest measured dose of dioxins, according to the reports of the physicians responsible for diagnosing him.
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said the long delay by the U.S. Congress in approving military aid for his country was “a colossal waste of time,” allowing Russian President ...
Ukrainian prosecutors, after interviewing over 1,000 people, identified Satsyuk as being potentially involved in the poisoning of Yuschenko with dioxin. [1] Yushchenko had attended a private dinner on 5 September 2004 held at Satsyuk's residence, [3] during that year's Ukrainian presidential elections.