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Dozens Die In Russian Alcohol-Poisoning Outbreak
October 26, 2006
Bootleg alcohol seized in Volgograd last month (epa)
In other cases of alcohol poisoning, 18 people have died in Irkutsk Oblast in Siberia in the past few days and 21 in the Urals town of Kirov.
Thousands of people die in Russia every year from excessive drinking or from drinking bootleg alcohol.
(compiled from agency reports)