![](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40565000/jpg/_40565531_yushchenko_203.jpg)
Ukranian opposition leader
Viktor Yushchenko, as seen
in pictures earlier this year (L)
and more recently (R)
![](http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WORLD/europe/11/25/yushchenko.ailment.ap/story.split.yushchenko.afp..jpg)
In the Ukraine, the government knows how to deal with its political opposition: poison them. What else would explain the horrific change in Yushchenko's appearance?