At least 25 people have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking 90p bottles of bootleg vodka.

Elevated levels of methanol were found in the bodies of the deceased in Russia’s Leningrad region.

A nursery school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of supplying poisoned moonshine.

Authorities fear people could die from the bootleg alcohol after more than 1,000 litres of it were seized, according to Russian news reports. The country’s main investigative body said: ‘Forensic medical examination of the bodies of six deceased persons … had revealed high or lethal levels of methanol.’

Olga Stepanova, 60, is accused of supplying the alcohol to Nikolai Boytsov, 78, who then sold the moonshine for 90p a bottle.

Olga’s husband is currently serving in Putin’s war in Ukraine.

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