1.   Fake vodka, the police say, will have glue smudges, where the bottlers have stuck on a label.

2.   Fake vodka often is made from low-quality alcohol or spirit meant to be used for technical purposes and unfit for human consumption.

3.   Local authorities said the fake vodka worked quite well.

4.   Six people died in the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk last week after drinking fake vodka that contained methyl alcohol, an official said Tuesday.

5.   The local administration chief in a southern Russian town was found to have a mini-plant to produce fake vodka at her house, police said Friday.