Yegor Gaidar’s Ireland Mystery Illness
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James Joyner | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
Yegor Gaidar is seriously ill after contracting some mystery ailment in Ireland.
Yegor Gaidar, architect of Russia’s market reforms, was being treated in a Moscow hospital on Wednesday after coming close to death with a mystery ailment during a visit to Ireland, friends and family said. Former acting prime minister Gaidar, 50, who unleashed economic shock therapy before the dust had settled on the ruins of the Soviet Union, fell unconscious with unexplained symptoms on November 24 during a visit to Dublin to present his new book, “Death of the Empire.”
There’s so small irony in that coincidence. And what’s with these Russians and their mystery illnesses, anyway?
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About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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All those stories about FSB training in Ireland. Maybe that's where the poison came from?
Not to make light of what's obviously a very serious situation but let's see. Suppose I'm a Russian (noteworthy for their abstemiousness) visiting Ireland (noteworthy for spiritus frumenti) and I lost consciousness for several hours. What conclusion might one reasonably draw?
Foul play need not be involved. Consider the generally lousy state of health of Russians these days.
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