three months after yuschenko first fell ill. this lab in amsterdam reported dioxin levels in his blood, 6,000 times above normal. spokesman for russia's security services would not comment on either case but president putin's role during the election remains controversial. herschel, he openly backed the handpicked successor of the previous regime, coming to kyiv twice to lend his support. >> one of your most important world neighbors is obviously russia. president putin supported your opponent during the election. how do you reconcile with him >> yep. >> just because you i'll give him my hand and say, what do you move let's forget the password and think of the future as last week, he did just that greeting president putin on his first trip abroad since his inauguration yes, those doesn't really show everyone now understands only ukrainians have the right to choose ukraine's president. our president is not elected in moscow or anywhere else. >> it's, now clear that viktor yushchenko was an early casualty in vladimir putin's ongoi