Overview

• Regional health officials reported 19 alcohol-related deaths in the Slantsevsky district this month, with laboratory confirmation of methanol in eight cases.
• The Investigative Committee detained a man born in 1946 and a woman born in 1964 and said it will ask a court to remand them in custody.
• Prosecutors recognized a criminal case under part 3 of Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code, which covers causing death by negligence of two or more people.
• Local police earlier detained a resident of the village of Gostitsy suspected of selling the alcohol; initial figures cited seven deaths and three hospitalizations.
• The prosecutor’s office released video from an alleged storage site showing numerous canisters, and authorities said one patient remains in serious condition as forensic work continues.