The changing face of Ukraine’s president
Four years ago, something terrible happened to Viktor Yushchenko while he was running for president of Ukraine. His face became horribly disfigured. Doctors determined he was poisoned by dioxin. At lot’s happened since then. Ukraine went through the ‘Orange Revolution’ and Yushchenko went on to become president. These days he face looks less damaged. Now it’s his political health that’s suffering. The World’s Jason Margolis reports from Ukraine.
2004 “Orange Revolution”2004 “Orange Revolution”
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