Report: American Mother, Daughter Hospitalized in Moscow for Thallium Poisoning

What the hell is going on in that country:

Two American women were hospitalized for treatment of thallium poisoning, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday, citing the Russian consumer watchdog agency Rospotrebnadzor.

The women became ill Feb. 24 and were being treated at Moscow's Sklifosovsky clinic, the city's top emergency medicine hospital, the report said.

Russian media reports said the women — identified as Maria Kovalensky and her daughter, Yana — had come to Moscow for a relative's wedding and were staying in a Moscow hotel when they became ill.