Medical experts have confirmed that Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine’s opposition leader, was poisoned with dioxin in an attempt on his life during election campaigning. See the before and after pics below:

His face changed that much in 5 MONTHS

For specifics on how the rest of his body (and not just his face) is just plain old messed up, I got this bit from the Times Online:

Mr Yushchenko fell ill on September 6 and was rushed to Rudolfinerhaus four days later with severe abdominal pain and lesions on his face and trunk. His liver, pancreas and intestines were swollen and his digestive tract covered in ulcers, but doctors could not explain the symptoms. Against their advice he went back on the campaign trail after a week, but returned to the clinic two weeks later with back pain.
Again he returned to campaigning, with his face half paralysed and a catheter inserted in his back so that doctors – still baffled – could inject painkillers into his spinal column.

Note to self: don’t fuck with the Kremlin. About anything. When you need a catheter in your spinal column, you know its bad, regardless of what you look like.