15:38, 7 January 2026

Child athletes were poisoned at a Sochi hotel.

Child rugby players who arrived for the competition were poisoned at a Sochi hotel; the prosecutor's office reported an investigation.

A mass poisoning of children who arrived in Sochi for the competition occurred at a hotel in the city, the Krasnodar Krai Prosecutor's Office reported today on Wednesday.

"It has been established that children aged 10-12 years who arrived to participate in the rugby competition were poisoned at a hotel in the village of Loo in the Lazarevsky District of Sochi," the statement read.

According to the supervisory agency, the affected children and their companions are currently receiving the necessary medical care. Hospitalization was not required. The Prosecutor's Office of the Lazarevsky District of Sochi has launched an investigation into the mass poisoning of children.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419736