Send to KindleIt is highly unlikely that the bootleg liquor that caused the deaths of 5 Russian tourists in Turkey in May is actually made in Bulgaria, according to the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy.
Tuesday Russian paper Komsomolskaya Pravda published an investigative piece, in which the journalist reported that the Mister Burdon whiskey served to the unfortunate Russians was labeled (in Turkish) as "Produced in Bulgaria with a license from the Ministry of Agriculture."
The Bulgarian Pari newspaper has nevertheless checked that such a brand name has not been registered in Bulgaria, and what is more the Ministry of Agriculture is not in charge of issuing permits for beverages - a domain of the Ministry of Economy.
"Absolutely no bootleg alcohol has been registered produced in Bulgaria for quite some time now," stated a source from the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, assuring that the industry is fully transparent.
The source added that the possibility that the low-quality alcohol served to Russians in the Turkish resort of Bodrum has been produced in Bulgaria is "negligible."
An earlier Turkish investigation had claimed that the defective beverage had been produced in Northern Cyprus.
The actual producer of the drink, which turned out to contain excessive levels of methanol, might have wanted to mislead drinkers about its origin.
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