Financial Times | Putin orders crackdown on vodka substitutes after bath oil deaths Financial Times In Irkutsk, the Siberian city near Lake Baikal where at least 107 people fell ill from drinking the bath oil, local authorities declared a public health emergency and banned the sale and production of all alcohol not marketed as a beverage. Oleg ... Russian bath oil drink deaths climb to 62 Dozens Dead in Russia After Drinking Toxic Bath Oil |