Russian authorities opened on Saturday (16) an investigation into the death of 18 people in the Sverdlovsk region, in the Ural Mountains, after the consumption of adulterated alcohol, the second tragedy of this type recorded in less than two weeks in the country.
According to the investigation committee, “several people sold the citizens an alcohol [metanol] that it was dangerous to life and health” during the past two weeks in Ekaterinburg, the main urban center of the Urals region.
“After drinking this liquid, 18 people died,” the committee detailed in a statement, in which it also said that two people were detained.
According to the note, an investigation was opened for “the sale of products that are not up to the standards and that resulted in negligent death”, a crime that can carry sentences of up to ten years in prison.
In early October, at least 36 people died in the Orenburg region after ingesting adulterated alcohol that contained methanol, a highly toxic product.
Deaths from the consumption of adulterated alcohol or toxic products are frequent in Russia, a country where 21 million people live below the poverty line.
The price of commercial vodka is prohibitive for millions of Russians, who, for lack of resources, obtain alcohol from cosmetics, cleaning products and antifreeze for automobiles.
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