Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/fourteen-sailors-killed-in-russia-submersible-fire-ministry-232527">Russian military base</a> in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news agency cited doctors and emergency services as saying. 
An ammunition depot at the base caught fire and people in the nearby village of Kamenka were being evacuated, emergency services were quoted as saying.&nbsp;

Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a Russian military base in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news agency cited doctors and emergency services as saying.

Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a Russian military base in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news agency cited doctors and emergency services as saying. An ammunition depot at the base caught fire and people in the nearby village of Kamenka were being evacuated, emergency services were quoted as saying.

Blast rocks Russian arms depot in Siberia, two hospitalized: RIA

The second round of floods has hit the Siberian region of Irkutsk. Local Authorities has said that over 20 towns and villages have been affected. Watch this video to know more.

Siberian floods: Over 20 towns, villages affected

Diamonds are forever, and so is the permanently frozen ground of Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, home to huge diamond deposits that ensure Russia's supremacy as the world's leading diamond producer.

Russia digs for diamonds in Yakutia's permafrost

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said.

The plane carrying 48 people, including 5 crew members, overshot the runway after landing, hit a small building and caught fire, regional authorities said.&nbsp;

The aircraft took off from the regional capital of Ulan-Ude and flew to Nizhneangarsk, where it was forced to make an emergency landing when one of its engines failed, they said.&nbsp;

Video shot by a passenger from a plane window showed the aircraft coming into land on the runway before rolling into a field and then suddenly violently halting with passengers screaming onboard.&nbsp;

Regional authorities said a pilot and technician had been killed in the accident, but all the passengers had been safely evacuated before a fire destroyed the plane.&nbsp;

The flight was operated by Russian regional airline Angara, media reported.

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said.

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said. The plane carrying 48 people, including 5 crew members, overshot the runway after landing, hit a small building and caught fire, regional authorities said. The aircraft took off from the regional capital of Ulan-Ude and flew to Nizhneangarsk, where it was forced to make an emergency landing when one of its engines failed, they said. Video shot by a passenger from a plane window showed the aircraft coming into land on the runway before rolling into a field and then suddenly violently halting with passengers screaming onboard. Regional authorities said a pilot and technician had been killed in the accident, but all the passengers had been safely evacuated before a fire destroyed the plane. The flight was operated by Russian regional airline Angara, media reported.

Two killed, seven injured as Russian plane makes emergency landing in Siberia

Serbian town turns into 'Mordor' after black snow covers industrial hub

Siberian dockworkers at work in minus 50 degree Celsius

Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting by about 55 kilometres a year. And the drift is picking&nbsp;up pace; in 2000, the magnetic north pole was moving at about 15 kilometres a year.&nbsp;

The magnetic north pole was first measured in 1831 in the Canadian Arctic. It has since then moved some 2,300 kilometres. It&nbsp;crossed the International Date Line in 2017 and is now leaving the Canadian Arctic for Siberia.

The movement of course has begun to mess up navigation.&nbsp;

NASA uses the magnetic north pole, as do airplanes and boats, usually as backup navigation. The drifting magnetic north is also messing up compasses in smartphones and some consumer electronics.

GPS, fortunately,&nbsp;is not affected since it is satellite-based.&nbsp;

AP quoted University of Maryland geophysicist Daniel Lathrop as saying the&nbsp;reason behind the shift is&nbsp;turbulence in the Earth's liquid outer core. There is a hot liquid ocean of iron and nickel in the planet's core and its motion generates an electric field.

For now, the magnetic south pole is moving far more slowly than the north. Finally, the two will flip places.&nbsp;

Not to worry, it's happened before in the past — several times, just not in the last 780,000 years.&nbsp;

Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting by about 55 kilometres a year. And the drift is picking up pace; in 2000, the magnetic north pole was moving at about 15 kilometres a year.

Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting by about 55 kilometres a year. And the drift is picking up pace; in 2000, the magnetic north pole was moving at about 15 kilometres a year. The magnetic north pole was first measured in 1831 in the Canadian Arctic. It has since then moved some 2,300 kilometres. It crossed the International Date Line in 2017 and is now leaving the Canadian Arctic for Siberia. The movement of course has begun to mess up navigation. NASA uses the magnetic north pole, as do airplanes and boats, usually as backup navigation. The drifting magnetic north is also messing up compasses in smartphones and some consumer electronics. GPS, fortunately, is not affected since it is satellite-based. AP quoted University of Maryland geophysicist Daniel Lathrop as saying the reason behind the shift is turbulence in the Earth's liquid outer core. There is a hot liquid ocean of iron and nickel in the planet's core and its motion generates an electric field. For now, the magnetic south pole is moving far more slowly than the north. Finally, the two will flip places. Not to worry, it's happened before in the past — several times, just not in the last 780,000 years.

Magnetic north pole moving 55 kilometres a year, disrupting navigation

A Siberian policeman who raped and killed women after offering them late-night rides was found guilty of dozens of more murders on Monday, making him Russia's most prolific serial killer of recent times.

A court in the city of Irkutsk found Mikhail Popkov guilty of 56 murders between 1992 and 2007, sentencing him to a second life term. He was already in prison after being convicted of killing 22 women in 2015.

Popkov offered rides to women late at night, sometimes in his police car, while off-duty around his city of Angarsk near Irkutsk,&nbsp; 4,200 kilometres (2,600 miles) east of Moscow.

His murderous spree initially went unnoticed during a period of rampant mafia killings in the crime-ridden city.

He killed his victims using weapons including a hammer and an axe, then dumped their bodies in the woods, at the side of the road and in a cemetery.&nbsp;

He was also found guilty of raping 11 of the women.

Popkov described himself as a "cleaner" who was purging his home city of prostitutes.&nbsp;

All but one of his victims were women between the ages of 16 and 40. His one male victim was a policeman he gave a ride to late at night and killed in a forest.

The grey-haired 54-year-old appeared in court in prison uniform, his head bowed. He will be sent to a prison that is exclusively for convicts serving life terms, nicknamed the "Black Dolphin".

As part of his sentence a rare case in Russia of a convicted murderer being given a second life sentence Popkov was also deprived of his police pension.

He intends to appeal against the sentence, regional prosecutor Alexander Shkinev told Russian news agencies.

Covered his tracks&nbsp;

Prosecutors on Monday described Popkov as having "a pathological attraction to killing people" and "homicidal mania with sadistic elements," but he was ruled sane enough to stand trial.&nbsp;

Investigators had suspected a policeman because of the way the killer carefully covered his tracks.

The murders took place while he was a serving police officer and after he left the force in 1998.

Popkov was caught in 2012 after investigators re-examined the case and carried out DNA testing of residents, focusing on those who drove a make of car that matched tracks found at crime scenes.

In a 2017 interview with Russia's Meduza website, Popkov said he gave women lifts and targeted those who were drunk or living in a way he saw as immoral, adding that "any society condemns the behaviour of a debauched woman".

While in jail, he confessed to 59 further murders but was convicted only of 56 on Monday because investigators had not managed to prove three of the crimes took place, Interfax news agency reported, citing the court's press service.

Investigators said they uncovered the remains of some of the victims' bodies based on Popkov's account, as well as finding murder weapons including axes, screwdrivers and knives.&nbsp;

The number of killings for which he has been convicted exceeds the totals of several notorious murderers in Russia and the ex-Soviet Union.&nbsp;

"Chessboard Killer" Alexander Pichushkin was jailed for life in 2007 for 48 murders, mostly of elderly men he met in a Moscow park. He aimed to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on the chessboard.

Andrei Chikatilo was convicted of 52 Soviet-era murders that were sexually motivated. He was known as the "Butcher of Rostov" after the area of southern Russia where he was most active. He was executed in 1994 before Russia imposed a moratorium on the death penalty.

Popkov reportedly boasted to cellmates that he had committed more murders than Chikatilo.

A Siberian policeman who raped and killed women after offering them late-night rides was found guilty of dozens of more murders on Monday, making him Russia's most prolific serial killer of recent times.

A Siberian policeman who raped and killed women after offering them late-night rides was found guilty of dozens of more murders on Monday, making him Russia's most prolific serial killer of recent times. A court in the city of Irkutsk found Mikhail Popkov guilty of 56 murders between 1992 and 2007, sentencing him to a second life term. He was already in prison after being convicted of killing 22 women in 2015. Popkov offered rides to women late at night, sometimes in his police car, while off-duty around his city of Angarsk near Irkutsk, 4,200 kilometres (2,600 miles) east of Moscow. His murderous spree initially went unnoticed during a period of rampant mafia killings in the crime-ridden city. He killed his victims using weapons including a hammer and an axe, then dumped their bodies in the woods, at the side of the road and in a cemetery. He was also found guilty of raping 11 of the women. Popkov described himself as a "cleaner" who was purging his home city of prostitutes. All but one of his victims were women between the ages of 16 and 40. His one male victim was a policeman he gave a ride to late at night and killed in a forest. The grey-haired 54-year-old appeared in court in prison uniform, his head bowed. He will be sent to a prison that is exclusively for convicts serving life terms, nicknamed the "Black Dolphin". As part of his sentence a rare case in Russia of a convicted murderer being given a second life sentence Popkov was also deprived of his police pension. He intends to appeal against the sentence, regional prosecutor Alexander Shkinev told Russian news agencies. Covered his tracks Prosecutors on Monday described Popkov as having "a pathological attraction to killing people" and "homicidal mania with sadistic elements," but he was ruled sane enough to stand trial. Investigators had suspected a policeman because of the way the killer carefully covered his tracks. The murders took place while he was a serving police officer and after he left the force in 1998. Popkov was caught in 2012 after investigators re-examined the case and carried out DNA testing of residents, focusing on those who drove a make of car that matched tracks found at crime scenes. In a 2017 interview with Russia's Meduza website, Popkov said he gave women lifts and targeted those who were drunk or living in a way he saw as immoral, adding that "any society condemns the behaviour of a debauched woman". While in jail, he confessed to 59 further murders but was convicted only of 56 on Monday because investigators had not managed to prove three of the crimes took place, Interfax news agency reported, citing the court's press service. Investigators said they uncovered the remains of some of the victims' bodies based on Popkov's account, as well as finding murder weapons including axes, screwdrivers and knives. The number of killings for which he has been convicted exceeds the totals of several notorious murderers in Russia and the ex-Soviet Union. "Chessboard Killer" Alexander Pichushkin was jailed for life in 2007 for 48 murders, mostly of elderly men he met in a Moscow park. He aimed to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on the chessboard. Andrei Chikatilo was convicted of 52 Soviet-era murders that were sexually motivated. He was known as the "Butcher of Rostov" after the area of southern Russia where he was most active. He was executed in 1994 before Russia imposed a moratorium on the death penalty. Popkov reportedly boasted to cellmates that he had committed more murders than Chikatilo.

Siberian serial killer cop convicted of dozens more murders

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WION Morning News Brief, March 26, 2018

A wintry blast of freezing temperatures swept across Europe on Sunday, with a biting wind from Siberia claiming four lives and endangering the continent&#39;s homeless -- with the worst yet to come.

The &quot;Beast from the East&quot;, as the phenomenon has been dubbed by the British media, is expected to bring chilling winds from Russia over the next week that will make it feel even colder than thermometers indicate.

The cold snap has already been linked to several deaths, as well as postponing an Italian football match and causing traffic chaos.

In France, where temperatures were forecast to drop to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and feel as low as minus 18C over the coming days, fears ran high for people living on the streets.

A homeless man in the city of Valence in the country&#39;s southeast was found dead on Sunday, and another man was found dead in his cabin in the suburbs of Paris on Friday.&nbsp;

France has opened up extra emergency shelters for the homeless, and in Calais in northern France, about 200 migrants were spared the cold on Saturday night.

Over a year after the French government razed the sprawling Jungle camp, there are still hundreds of migrants around the port of Calais, hoping to stow away on trucks to Britain.

&quot;I&#39;m lucky to be in here where it&#39;s warm, outside it&#39;s impossible because of the cold,&quot; 20-year-old Afghan Shafiq said.

Siberian express

Britain&#39;s weather service, the Met Office, forecast that northern England would have 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow over the next three days, amid temperatures that could feel as cold as minus 15 Celsius.

It also warned of widespread travel disruption, saying: &quot;Snow showers, already affecting eastern parts of England early on Monday, are expected to become more persistent and more widespread through Monday afternoon and evening.&quot;

The front page of the Daily Express newspaper on Friday warned: &quot;Wrap up warm! Freezing cold &#39;Siberian Express&#39; is roaring towards Britain.&quot;

Russia itself was not spared, with its meteorological service warning of &quot;abnormally cold&quot; temperatures until Wednesday and temperatures in the Moscow region expected to fall to minus 24 Celsius on Sunday night, and minus 35 Celsius in the centre of the country.

Two people died of the cold in Poland on Friday night, bringing the winter&#39;s toll to 46 since November, according to the centre for national security.

Frigid temperatures are also forecast throughout Germany, with a low of minus 22 Celsius in some Alpine valleys in the southern state of Bavaria on Monday.

Football game postponed

Heavy snow in the north Italian city of Turin caused a Serie A football game between Juventus and Atalanta to be postponed on Sunday.

Schools will be closed on Monday due to the snow in Rome, with minus 6 C forecast on Sunday night, and authorities advised drivers to avoid trips in potentially risky mountainous regions due to snow and ice.

In Austria, temperatures will drop below minus 20 C on Sunday night and feel even colder.

&quot;It will feel like minus 30,&quot; Stefan Kiesenhofer of the Austrian meteorological service ZAMG told the Oesterreich newspaper.&nbsp;

A cold snap like this &quot;comes every seven to 10 years,&quot; he said.

Hungary has been on alert since Saturday, while heavy snow closed some schools in Croatia on Saturday.

Schools were also closed in Romania&#39;s capital Bucharest, as well as three areas in the country&#39;s south, with more snowfall expected amid lows of minus 15 C to minus 20 C.&nbsp;

Pregnant women and dialysis patients in several parts of the country were encouraged to go to hospital to avoid being stranded at home in case of an emergency.

Spain&#39;s weather agency warned of &quot;significant snowfall&quot; on the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

Warmer at the North Pole?&nbsp;

However a brave few did take advantage of the Siberian chill, with some adventurous Dutch ice skaters taking to the country&#39;s canals and lakes.&nbsp;

Dutch authorities have strongly discouraged skating on natural bodies of water, but said conditions may be more favourable after a few chilly days in the north of the country for those keen to emulate their Winter Olympians.

The freezing temperature also did not prevent a few hundred swimmers jumping into the Meuse river, which was 3 Celsius while it was minus 2 Celsius outside, in the Huy region of Belgium on Sunday morning.&nbsp;

But below average temperatures are not forecast everywhere.

Many areas across Europe could be colder than the North Pole this week, with the temperature at Cape Morris Jesup weather station at the top of Greenland having risen above freezing several times since mid-February, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.

The cold snap has already been linked to several deaths, as well as postponing an Italian football match and causing traffic chaos

A wintry blast of freezing temperatures swept across Europe on Sunday, with a biting wind from Siberia claiming four lives and endangering the continent's homeless -- with the worst yet to come. The "Beast from the East", as the phenomenon has been dubbed by the British media, is expected to bring chilling winds from Russia over the next week that will make it feel even colder than thermometers indicate. The cold snap has already been linked to several deaths, as well as postponing an Italian football match and causing traffic chaos. In France, where temperatures were forecast to drop to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and feel as low as minus 18C over the coming days, fears ran high for people living on the streets. A homeless man in the city of Valence in the country's southeast was found dead on Sunday, and another man was found dead in his cabin in the suburbs of Paris on Friday. France has opened up extra emergency shelters for the homeless, and in Calais in northern France, about 200 migrants were spared the cold on Saturday night. Over a year after the French government razed the sprawling Jungle camp, there are still hundreds of migrants around the port of Calais, hoping to stow away on trucks to Britain. "I'm lucky to be in here where it's warm, outside it's impossible because of the cold," 20-year-old Afghan Shafiq said. Siberian express Britain's weather service, the Met Office, forecast that northern England would have 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow over the next three days, amid temperatures that could feel as cold as minus 15 Celsius. It also warned of widespread travel disruption, saying: "Snow showers, already affecting eastern parts of England early on Monday, are expected to become more persistent and more widespread through Monday afternoon and evening." The front page of the Daily Express newspaper on Friday warned: "Wrap up warm! Freezing cold 'Siberian Express' is roaring towards Britain." Russia itself was not spared, with its meteorological service warning of "abnormally cold" temperatures until Wednesday and temperatures in the Moscow region expected to fall to minus 24 Celsius on Sunday night, and minus 35 Celsius in the centre of the country. Two people died of the cold in Poland on Friday night, bringing the winter's toll to 46 since November, according to the centre for national security. Frigid temperatures are also forecast throughout Germany, with a low of minus 22 Celsius in some Alpine valleys in the southern state of Bavaria on Monday. Football game postponed Heavy snow in the north Italian city of Turin caused a Serie A football game between Juventus and Atalanta to be postponed on Sunday. Schools will be closed on Monday due to the snow in Rome, with minus 6 C forecast on Sunday night, and authorities advised drivers to avoid trips in potentially risky mountainous regions due to snow and ice. In Austria, temperatures will drop below minus 20 C on Sunday night and feel even colder. "It will feel like minus 30," Stefan Kiesenhofer of the Austrian meteorological service ZAMG told the Oesterreich newspaper. A cold snap like this "comes every seven to 10 years," he said. Hungary has been on alert since Saturday, while heavy snow closed some schools in Croatia on Saturday. Schools were also closed in Romania's capital Bucharest, as well as three areas in the country's south, with more snowfall expected amid lows of minus 15 C to minus 20 C. Pregnant women and dialysis patients in several parts of the country were encouraged to go to hospital to avoid being stranded at home in case of an emergency. Spain's weather agency warned of "significant snowfall" on the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Warmer at the North Pole? However a brave few did take advantage of the Siberian chill, with some adventurous Dutch ice skaters taking to the country's canals and lakes. Dutch authorities have strongly discouraged skating on natural bodies of water, but said conditions may be more favourable after a few chilly days in the north of the country for those keen to emulate their Winter Olympians. The freezing temperature also did not prevent a few hundred swimmers jumping into the Meuse river, which was 3 Celsius while it was minus 2 Celsius outside, in the Huy region of Belgium on Sunday morning. But below average temperatures are not forecast everywhere. Many areas across Europe could be colder than the North Pole this week, with the temperature at Cape Morris Jesup weather station at the top of Greenland having risen above freezing several times since mid-February, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.

Icy blast from Siberia sweeps across Europe

Siberia, the&nbsp;North Asia region, is known for its long, harsh winters.

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The average temperature in the region reaches -25 degrees&nbsp;C during January making the&nbsp;people&nbsp;accustomed to the severe cold weather.

However, the temperature dipped down to -60 degrees C on Tuesday.

Due to the severe cold waves, schools were shut down and people were advised to stay indoors. The government had issued emergency warnings at energy plants due to excessive use. Warnings were also issued to the people for indoors heaters.

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The cold waves are expected to continue till the end of this month.&nbsp;

The remote region Yakutia is historically known for the severe cold temperatures.

The Russians and the Soviet administration used to utilise the harsh climatic region as a place for prisoners, labour camps and exile.&nbsp;

Due to the severe cold waves, schools were shut down and people were advised to stay indoors. The government had issued emergency warnings at energy plants due to excessive use

Siberia, the North Asia region, is known for its long, harsh winters. × The average temperature in the region reaches -25 degrees C during January making the people accustomed to the severe cold weather. However, the temperature dipped down to -60 degrees C on Tuesday. Due to the severe cold waves, schools were shut down and people were advised to stay indoors. The government had issued emergency warnings at energy plants due to excessive use. Warnings were also issued to the people for indoors heaters. × × × The cold waves are expected to continue till the end of this month. The remote region Yakutia is historically known for the severe cold temperatures. The Russians and the Soviet administration used to utilise the harsh climatic region as a place for prisoners, labour camps and exile.

Siberia: Coldest inhabited place on earth records -60 degree celsius temperature

At least 33 residents of the Siberian city of Irkutsk have died after drinking bath oil, hoping it would give them the same sensation as alcohol, Russian investigators said on Monday.

Use of counterfeit or surrogate alcohol is rife in Russia&#39;s regions, where two years of economic pain have pushed more people below the poverty line, though the death toll from this latest incident is unusually high.

&quot;It is a terrible tragedy,&quot; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on&nbsp;a conference call.

&quot;This type of problem is well known and the president has been informed. It undoubtedly demands our undivided attention and measures must be taken.&quot;

Investigators in Irkutsk, a city around 2,600 miles (4184.29 km) east of Moscow, said they had detained two people suspected of distributing the bath oil. A local police official told Russian agencies five other arrests had also been made.

The product had a warning on its label saying it should not be swallowed, but investigators said people had ignored that and consumed it as if it was alcohol. The bath oil contained methylated spirit, they said.

A local official told news agency TASS that the liquid came in bottles whose labels said the content was 93 per cent spirit. Police said they had found the workshop where the bath oil, called Hawthorn, was being produced alongside bootleg vodka.

It was unclear whether those selling the product were marketing it as a cheaper substitute for alcoholic drinks such as vodka.

&quot;Forty-two people have been admitted to medical institutions of whom 25 have died,&quot; investigators said in an initial statement.

&quot;Investigators and the police are conducting searches at markets where the liquid was first obtained. More than 100 points of sale have been identified.&quot;

Investigators later told the Interfax news agency that the death toll had been revised up to 33.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a government meeting he wanted to look at banning products that could cause so many deaths and that the country&#39;s criminal code was being amended to toughen the punishment for people caught selling them.

In the meantime, Irkutsk Mayor Dmitry Berdnikov announced a state of emergency in the city and temporarily banned the sale of all liquids containing spirits not meant for human consumption, according to agencies.

Alcohol market expert Vadim Drobiz says up to 12 million Russians drink cheap surrogate alcohol.

(Reuters)

Russian investigators said they were hoping it would give them an alcohol-like sensation

At least 33 residents of the Siberian city of Irkutsk have died after drinking bath oil, hoping it would give them the same sensation as alcohol, Russian investigators said on Monday. Use of counterfeit or surrogate alcohol is rife in Russia's regions, where two years of economic pain have pushed more people below the poverty line, though the death toll from this latest incident is unusually high. "It is a terrible tragedy," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. "This type of problem is well known and the president has been informed. It undoubtedly demands our undivided attention and measures must be taken." Investigators in Irkutsk, a city around 2,600 miles (4184.29 km) east of Moscow, said they had detained two people suspected of distributing the bath oil. A local police official told Russian agencies five other arrests had also been made. The product had a warning on its label saying it should not be swallowed, but investigators said people had ignored that and consumed it as if it was alcohol. The bath oil contained methylated spirit, they said. A local official told news agency TASS that the liquid came in bottles whose labels said the content was 93 per cent spirit. Police said they had found the workshop where the bath oil, called Hawthorn, was being produced alongside bootleg vodka. It was unclear whether those selling the product were marketing it as a cheaper substitute for alcoholic drinks such as vodka. "Forty-two people have been admitted to medical institutions of whom 25 have died," investigators said in an initial statement. "Investigators and the police are conducting searches at markets where the liquid was first obtained. More than 100 points of sale have been identified." Investigators later told the Interfax news agency that the death toll had been revised up to 33. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a government meeting he wanted to look at banning products that could cause so many deaths and that the country's criminal code was being amended to toughen the punishment for people caught selling them. In the meantime, Irkutsk Mayor Dmitry Berdnikov announced a state of emergency in the city and temporarily banned the sale of all liquids containing spirits not meant for human consumption, according to agencies. Alcohol market expert Vadim Drobiz says up to 12 million Russians drink cheap surrogate alcohol. (Reuters)

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