Russia detains Armenian man indirectly involved in case of mass cider poisoning

Three were detained in the criminal case, which is interconnected with the case of mass poisoning with the My Cider drink in a number of Russian regions.

Russia's Investigative Committee established that in May 2023, Dmitry Yegorov and his father Alexey Yegorov jointly with police officer Ivan Grebenkin stole six tons of methyl alcohol from the warehouse of a federal state institution and sold it to Artem Hayrapetyan. The poisonous substance was used further in the production of cider.

“Hayrapetyan was detained and charged under part 3 of article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (providing unsafe services). A criminal case was initiated against the Yegorovs and Grebenkin in the committee on the fact of theft of alcohol (paragraph C of part 3 of article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Grebenkin and Dmitry Yegorov were detained. They were charged with theft and pleaded guilty. Alexey Yegorov was put on the wanted list," the Investigative Committee said.