Fake alcohol has killed at least ten people who went blind and suffered organ failure before dying agonising deaths at a Russian tourist resort.
Following the methanol poisonings, which occurred in Sirius, near Sochi in southwestern Russia, two residents of the Krasnodar Territory were detained.
The duo, Olesya, 31, and Eteri, 71, were suspected of distributing the fake homemade alcoholic beverage - known locally as Chacha - to several tourists.
Among the dead are Maxim Smetanin, 37, and his wife Darya, 35, who bought the bootleg alcohol in the popular tourist market while they were on holiday.
Darya had small sips of the deadly drink on a long-distance train going home. 'First she went blind, and then lost consciousness,' a report stated.
