{"id":48481,"date":"2025-09-27T06:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-19-people-die-after-drinking-tainted-liquor-in-russia-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T06:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:22:41","slug":"at-least-19-people-die-after-drinking-tainted-liquor-in-russia-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-19-people-die-after-drinking-tainted-liquor-in-russia-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 19 people die after drinking tainted liquor in Russia, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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that eight cases had so far been &#8220;laboratory-confirmed as methanol poisoning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said they had detained a man and a woman after prosecutors opened a criminal case to probe &#8220;the poisoning of several residents of the Slantsy District with counterfeit alcohol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, prosecutors sentenced two people to almost a decade in prison for manufacturing and selling a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/contaminated-cider-deaths-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">counterfeit cider drink<\/a><\/span> that killed 50 people in 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/06\/07\/44b003c7-99cc-4eb0-bb07-26beec4eb4cc\/thumbnail\/620x445g2\/acb9a699894f73919bf3474ec8c6846c\/2023-06-05t164728z-147148278-rc24d1at7dr2-rtrmadp-3-russia-cider.jpg#\" alt=\"Investigators work at a factory where the alcohol-containing drink called \" mister=\"\" cider=\"\" was=\"\" produced=\"\" in=\"\" samara=\"\" height=\"445\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/06\/07\/44b003c7-99cc-4eb0-bb07-26beec4eb4cc\/thumbnail\/620x445g2\/acb9a699894f73919bf3474ec8c6846c\/2023-06-05t164728z-147148278-rc24d1at7dr2-rtrmadp-3-russia-cider.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/06\/07\/44b003c7-99cc-4eb0-bb07-26beec4eb4cc\/thumbnail\/1240x890g2\/8353e96e4bd4721876d4fafc36425cd3\/2023-06-05t164728z-147148278-rc24d1at7dr2-rtrmadp-3-russia-cider.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Members of the Russian Investigative Committee investigate a factory where the alcohol-containing drink called &#8220;Mister Cider&#8221;, which caused poisonings and deaths, was produced, in Samara, Russia, in this picture released June 5, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Investigative Committee of Russia for the Samara Region\/Handout via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And in 2016, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/irkutsk-russia-bath-lotion-alcohol-poisoning-state-of-emergency-dozens-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">more than 60 people died<\/a><\/span> in Irkutsk in Siberia after drinking contraband bath oil that contained methanol. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russia toughened its legislation after that incident, but cheap homemade spirits using alcohol substitutes remain widely available, particularly in rural areas with low standards of living and where the price of vodka is prohibitively high.<\/p>\n<p>Tainted alcohol has also had deadly consequences in other countries in recent months.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In May, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/india-tainted-alcohol-people-dead-hospitalized\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">more than 20 people died<\/a><\/span> in India after drinking tainted liquor. Nine people were in custody, police said. <\/p>\n<p>In January, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/istanbul-tainted-alcohol-people-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">23 people died in Turkey<\/a><\/span> in 48 hours after drinking tainted alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2024,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/laos-tainted-alcohol-death-toll-several-detained\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">six tourists died<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Laos from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async 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