Yushchenko contends he was poisoned in an assassination attempt by "government officials" who feared that he would defeat Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in elections.

In an interview Thursday, Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko says he's positive the government poisoned him before the nation's disputed elections.

LONDON — New tests reveal that Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko’s blood contains the second-highest level of dioxin poisoning ever recorded in a human -- more than 6,000 ...

Ukraine's opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko has said he is certain that authorities in Ukraine poisoned him. Yushchenko made the remarks in Kyiv late yesterday after returning ...

It is a story worthy of Frederick Forsyth. The candidate most likely to take the helm of a former Soviet republic, but who has powerful enemies in neighbouring Russia, is disfigured by a deadly ...

Mr Yushchenko's doctor, Michael Zimpfer, said: "If this dose had been higher, it may have caused death. Instead, the politician got away with chloracne, a virulent form of acne and a hallmark of ...

Yushchenko, who was facially disfigured by the poisoning, told The AP that Ukrainian prosecutors were looking into the case and said he was confident the official culprits would be punished.

Poisoned Ukrainian President Says Investigators Closing In On Culprits. President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday that investigators are closing in on those who poisoned him with a massive dose of ...

Yushchenko returned home to campaign for this month's presidential runoff vote. He said he did not want the poisoning issue to overshadow the Dec. 26 election, but the director of Vienna's elite ...

Presidential contender Viktor Yushchenko said Friday that he was increasingly certain he had been poisoned in an effort to assassinate him, and he temporarily left the campaign trail to spend the ...

An article published online first tracks the science behind the poisoning of Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko in 2004, and concludes that routine analytical techniques are needed to test for ...