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Russia declares an emergency as deaths from fake vodka soar

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From: Belfast Telegraph
Date: 20061030
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Anton Chekhov once described vodka as a colourless drink that "paints your nose red and blackens your reputation". What the Russian playwright did not say was that if you are not careful it can also turn you yellow, give you toxic hepatitis, and leave you nursing a hangover from which you will never recover.

After two months of rising alcohol deaths, Russia has declared a state of emergency in several regions where hospitals are struggling to cope with a wave of alcohol poisonings.The radio station Ekho Moskvy says the casualty figures look more like those from a small war. More than 1,000 ...

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