Two customers choose wine in a superstore in Moscow, capital of Russia, Oct. 31, 2006. (Xinhua Photo/Shen Bohan)
The Russian authorities are working to uncover new distribution channels for counterfeit alcohol in the Urals.
MOSCOW, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Surrogate alcohol has killed at least 30 people in western Russia's Sverdlovsk region, TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
TASS said, citing a source, that the Russian authorities are working to uncover new distribution channels for counterfeit alcohol in the Urals.
Earlier this month, surrogate alcohol poisoned 64 people in western Russia's Orenburg region, killing 32 of them.
Methanol poisoning has long plagued the country, despite government campaign against counterfeit alcohol. ■
