The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) could close the criminal case on the poisoning of Third Ukrainian President (2005-2010) Viktor Yuschenko, but is waiting for a new blood sample from Yushchenko.
"There is every reason to close the case. But, I think, we should wait together for obtaining blood tests from him," Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka said at a press conference on Thursday.
As reported, while a presidential candidate, Yushchenko met with the leadership of the Ukrainian Security Service on September 5, 2004. Soon after that, Yuschenko was taken ill and was taken to a Vienna hospital on September 10. Doctors reportedly said Yushchenko had been poisoned by dioxin about five days before his hospitalization. Yuschenko later underwent a number of tests, and an examination at the end of May 2006 confirmed the presence of a dioxin in his body.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka several times confirmed the PGO’s intention to take an additional sample of Yushchenko’s blood, as part of the investigation in the case. In December 2010 Pshonka assumed that there was no poisoning of Yuschenko in 2004 and said that an additional blood test should be done to uncover the truth.
In January-February 2011, Yuschenko was interrogated at the PGO on the case on his poisoning.
On April 11, First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin said that there was no proof in the case on Yuschenko’s poisoning and stated that no dioxin was found in Yuschenko’s blood.
"If Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko does not take a blood test, we will have to close the criminal case on his poisoning," Kuzmin said.
