[lbo-talk] What Lies Behind the Rash of Russian Poisonings?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 11 07:06:47 PST 2006


On Dec 11, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Wendy Lyon wrote:


> On 12/11/06, Michael Givel <mgivel at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Posted Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006 Russians learned Thursday that former
>> prime minister Yegor Gaidar, the mastermind of Russia's early 1990s
>> "shock therapy" economic reform, was poisoned last Friday in Dublin.
>> Irish doctors managed to save Gaidar from what he now calls "a threat
>> to my life."
>
> According to the Irish media, those doctors concluded he was probably
> suffering from gastro-enteritis.

Which is nothing compared to what the Russian people suffered from Gaidar.

Doug



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