Yushchenko blames opponents for poisoning
President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday that investigators are closing in on who poisoned him with a massive dose of dioxin, which left his face a mass of lesions and discolored skin, and that the suspects are in the highest circles of his predecessor, Leonid Kuchma. In an interview with The Associated Press, Yushchenko revealed no names, saying only that prosecutors were “narrowing the circle of suspects.” Full Story