Nineteen people died from poisoning by counterfeit alcohol in the Leningrad region.
How to сообщает Channel 112 reported that a 60-year-old kindergarten employee supplied counterfeit alcohol to a 78-year-old pensioner, who bottled the contents.
On According to Fontanka, the first to be hospitalized on September 24 was a 54-year-old resident of the village Hotels — he died two hours later. That same day, a 69-year-old man died at home, and the bodies of a 42-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman were found dead in a neighboring house. On September 25, the pensioner's wife, who decided to try her husband's product, was hospitalized. She remains in serious condition.
In total, 19 people have died as of September 26, clarifies "Kommersant".
During a search of the pensioner's home, investigators found empty bottles prepared for bottling the surrogate drug, and canisters.
A criminal case has been opened under the article “Causing death by negligence to two or more persons.”
According to 112, the pensioner was also charged with illegally selling alcohol five years ago, when he was fined 2000 rubles.
Mass poisonings from counterfeit alcohol occur regularly in Russia, and not only on the underground market. Quality control and producer accountability remain weak points.
In Samara, the sentences are 8 and 9 years. sentenced Mister Cider beer producers, responsible for 50 deaths from poisoning. In the Sverdlovsk region, those responsible for 44 deaths from counterfeit alcohol poisoning sentenced to a term of 6,5 years.
