AT least 25 people have died after drinking 90p bottles of bootleg vodka laced with methanol.

A nursery school teacher has been arrested after being accused of supplying poisoned moonshine.

More deaths are feared from the fake vodka in Russia’s Leningrad region.

Elevated levels of methanol were found in the bodies of those deceased.

"Forensic medical examination of the bodies of six deceased persons ... had revealed high or lethal levels of methanol," Russia's main investigative body said.

More than 1,000 litres of counterfeit alcohol have been seized, according to Russian news reports.

Olga Stepanova, 60, is accused of supplying moonshine to a man who then sold the fake vodka for 90p a bottle.

The man's wife is said to be among the dead.

Police have arrested eight more suspects fo

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