FORMER RUSSIAN PREMIER GAIDAR WAS POISONED TOO, SAYS DAUGHTER

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[NativeNewYorker]

London (dpa) - Former Russian prime minister Yegor Gaidar, who was hospitalized after falling ill at a conference in Ireland, was poisoned, his daughter claimed Thursday.

``It was a political poisoning,'' Maria Gaidar told the BBC's News 24 channel. Doctors see ``no other grounds'' for the mystery illness, she said.

The 50-year-old was initially hospitalized in Ireland and has since returned to Moscow where he remains in hospital but is said to be improving.

Gaidar was acting prime minister in 1992, though Russia's legislature ultimately vetoed his candidacy.

In the 1990s, he served as economics and finance minister and as a legislator championing Russia's controversial privatizations of former Soviet state properties. He is currently director of a Moscow economics institute.

Alexander Litvinenko, a former colonel in Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), a KGB successor, died Friday in London after falling violently ill.

Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Russia's intelligence services and President Vladimir Putin, was apparently poisoned by radioactive polonium.

[gonzo]

Hee hee ... That's good.....................FRegards

[spanalot]

Read this carefully

http://www.baranovfamily.org/

[sergey1973]

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[G8 Diplomat]

Geez, it's really not possible to go through a week without hearing about some Russian getting poisoned.

[A. Pole]

The Dog That Did Not Bark

Yegor Gaidar is a much more important person than Litvinenko. No doubt, if he did not survive his cup of tea Mr. Putin would be blamed for this death. The reaction would be very loud and almost nobody would have any doubt that present Russian leadership is behind it, as Yegor Gaidar was the key proponent of the free market reforms and rapid privatization being moderated by Putin's administration..

Yet, Mr. Gaidar immediately pointed at the OPPONENTS of the Russian government. Why the dogs do not bark? Is the failed assassination attempt of former prime minister less worthy to investigate? The surviving victim will be more than willing to help (presumably at safe distance in Russia, but investigators in Litvinenko case did not mind to travel there).

The 50-year-old was initially hospitalized in Ireland and has since returned to Moscow where he remains in hospital but is said to be improving.

Well, it have a little spin here. Mr Gaidar was not really hospitalized in Ireland. Immediately after he realized what is going on, he demanded to be taken to Russian embassy and sent to Russia, despite the advice from the local doctors.

See his text (posted on FR):

I was poisoned and Russia’s political enemies were surely behind it

[A. Pole]

Unclear. She claimed this Thursday, but when did this alleged poisoning happen?

On November 24, 2006 but the dogs do not bark much about it. Posted on FR:

I was poisoned and Russia’s political enemies were surely behind it

[eleni121]

There is no proof that Putin had Litvinenko poisoned. In fact, what I've seen points to the contrary.

[A. Pole]

It's becoming more and more clear that Putin's loyalties still belong to the KGB and the Soviet Union.There's nothing I wouldn't put past that psychopath.

Yet Mr. Gaidar himself points at the enemies of Putin as the culprits:

I was poisoned and Russia’s political enemies were surely behind it

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Did he drink any hotel tea?

[Cvengr]

Very good link

[spanalot]

http://www.baranovfamily.org/