Three die from moonshine poisoning in north Russia.

Three men died and five were taken to hospital after drinking industrial alcohol poisoning in the Arkhangelsk region of northern Russia, officials told ITAR-TASS news agency on Friday .

The men reportedly had a binge after finding a tanker containing industrial ethyl alcohol at the railway station in the town of Koryazhma on Thursday.

The tanker contained about two tons of industrial spirit.

"The town administration has warned the residents against buying vodka bottles from black-marketeers," the agency added.

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