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26 Dec, 2014

PressTV – Russians angry over sanctions, wipe feet on US flag doormats

A Russian shopping mall in Moscow is using American flags as doormats in a bid to express anger over economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia. The mall in central Moscow invites customers to wipe their feet at its entrance on doormats bearing the United States flag.

The mall’s workers said in a statement that the mats show their anti-US sentiments over Washington’s policy of fomenting “color” revolutions in former Soviet states such as Ukraine and spreading anti-Russian sentiment.

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