“Yegor Gaidar Poisoned!”

The online Russian language media are just full of that headline but, honestly, they don’t have a great deal more to add than what’s in this BBC story:

Mr Gaidar became violently ill during a visit to Ireland last week, and his daughter Maria told the BBC that doctors believe he was poisoned.

An aide to Mr Gaidar said his condition was improving.

Mr Gaidar, 50, fell ill a day after Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning in London.

Mr Gaidar briefly served as prime minister in 1992 under Russian President Vladimir Putin’s predecessor, Boris Yeltsin.

He now heads a Moscow-based think-tank which has criticised President Putin’s economic policies, but he is a marginal political figure who is not regarded as a prominent political opponent of the Russian leader.

I’ll continue to monitor the various outlets and translate any commentary that sounds interesting.

2 comments… add one
  • Maybe it was the haggis?

  • Oops. I should have paid more attention to the story. I see now that he wasn’t in Scotland.

    Good thing inattention (in this case) isn’t harmful, or I would be as sick as Mr. Gaidar.

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