Fourteen people have died from alcohol poisoning and another 11 have had to be hospitalised after consuming bootleg liquor in a small village in Siberia, health officials say.
The victims, from Krasny Velikan near Russia's border with China, presumably died after drinking ethyl alcohol over the weekend, said Irina Beloshitskaya, a spokeswoman for the regional health ministry, on Sunday.
Eleven were hospitalised in the nearby town of Krasnokamensk and three were in a grave condition.
"They are now receiving hemodialysis," Beloshitskaya said, referring to a treatment for kidney failure.
Governor of the Zabaikalsky region Konstantin Ilkovsky flew into the village along with doctors, investigators and representatives of the emergencies ministry.
"This is a true tragedy for the Zabaikalsky Region," Ilkovsky said in comments released by his office.
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