Russia's Health Ministry said on June 17 that the number of people killed by tainted cider in the regions of Ulyanovsk, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, and Udmurtia has risen to 36. Poisonings with surrogate alcohol are common in Russia as people look to save money on cheaper drinks. In 2021, 34 people were killed by surrogate alcohol in the Urals region of Orenburg. In December 2016, 78 people died in the Siberian region of Irkutsk after drinking a scented herbal bath oil, which contained methanol, a highly poisonous type of industrial alcohol. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Current Time, click here.
Russian Death Toll From Poisonous Cider Rises To 36
Poisonings with surrogate alcohol are common in Russia as people look to save money on cheaper drinks.