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John Sweeney

This World: Vodka's My Poison

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

14/03/2007

Vodka's My Poison

BBC Two - This World, Vodka's My Poison

John Sweeney investigates the poisoned alcohol which has killed thousands of Russians.

Across Russia, thousands of people have been poisoned after drinking illegal alcohol that had apparently been spiked with a mystery chemical. John Sweeney investigates.

Across Russia, hundreds of people have died and thousands have been poisoned after drinking illegal alcohol that had apparently been spiked with a mystery chemical. This World sends John Sweeney to Pskov, a city badly affected by the poisonings in which a state of emergency has been declared. The hospital corridors are full of poison victims suffering from Toxic Hepatitis. The investigation puts John Sweeney's own health at risk when he accidentally tastes some suspect alcohol.

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