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Yushchenko implicates former friend in dioxin poison plot

By Roman Olearchyk in Kiev

Published: July 25 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 25 2008 03:00

Viktor Yushchenko yesterday threw the four-year investigation into his near-fatal dioxin poisoning into turmoil when he implicated a former close friend and Orange Revolution ally.

Asked during a televised press conference if he suspected David Zhvania, godfather to one of his children, the Ukraine president said: "I think, yes. And that is putting it softly."

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