“A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the sale of goods that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of four persons through negligence (part 3 of article 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia),” the statement said on the website of the department.
According to investigators, all the dead consumed unidentified liquid from the bottle.
At the moment, forensic medical examinations and forensic chemical examinations of the liquid that was found at the scene of the incident are being conducted.
Earlier, the UK began testing due to the death of four people from gas poisoning from rotten potatoes in the Chelyabinsk region.