According to him, people were poisoned by illegally bottled alcohol in the local market. Police are investigating the case and detaining two suspects, the committee of inquiry said.
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This is the second time this month that a report has been reported from Russia that more people have died from drinking legal spirits. At the beginning of October, 35 people who had previously consumed alcohol and methanol died in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan, the Meduza news server reminded today.
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Poisoning from home-made illegal spirits occurs regularly in Russia as people look for cheaper variants of vodka sold in stores, the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL) station wrote earlier on its website. And like many other countries, Russia is currently experiencing a sharp rise in food prices.
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Russian authorities have ordered tightening controls on the production and sale of beverages, medicines and cosmetics and other liquids containing alcohol following a mass alcohol poisoning in Irkutsk, where 78 people succumbed to home-made alcohol poisoning in December 2016. It was one of the worst cases in Russian history.
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