The store chain also announced it had pulled the item from its shelves, saying it had not been aware of Obama's image. "Sales of the chopping boards have been stopped," Valentina Moiseyeva, a spokeswoman for the Bakhetle supermarket chain, Tass agency reported. "We are sorry that such product was on our store shelves. For us it is unacceptable that a store is used as a place for political provocation," Moiseyeva said, adding that the supermarket had lodged a formal complaint against the boards' supplier.
The board is styled as a calendar for 2016, the year of the monkey according to the Chinese zodiac.
The Bakhetle chain is based in Russia's traditionally Muslim region of Tatarstan but has stores throughout the country.
Will Stevens, the spokesman for the US Embassy in Moscow, took to Twitter to show his displeasure. "Disgusting to see that such blatant racism has a place on Russian store shelves," Stevens wrote on Twitter.
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And they are Muslims??
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I don't think this necessarily has to do with racism, Russians just don't get along with Americans cos they're both rivals. Typically, they don't like Obama simply cos of that rivalry.. not racism.
Nawa oooo disrespectful....not nice at all
Better for them that they correct it!
And they are Muslims??
Hahahahahaha....funny but serious though. There's nothing we won't see or read on a daily basis. Choi!
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Trouble dey sleep......... hmmmmm......
Racism.
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War beckons
This Russians always dare the Americans , OK na. Wondering who is more powerful than the other. Linda next gist mbok, not interested.
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This Russians always dare the Americans , OK na. Wondering who is more powerful than the other. Linda next gist mbok, not interested.
Linda's last son
What rubbish!? This is so stupid of them. !
Where is the fire ?? Nna! this is business, Money is involved
Thats totally n utterly disrespectful
Lol...obama is one of the worst US president in terms of international prestige...and it had nothing to do with the fact that he's a black man...cos many white americans liked him at first and voted him into office.
He made the wrong choices as president.
Lol...obama is one of the worst US president in terms of international prestige...and it had nothing to do with the fact that he's a black man...cos many white americans liked him at first and voted him into office.
He made the wrong choices as president.
gud 4 dem。。。tomjerryswit
WHITE PEOPLE AND THEIR INSECURITY!!! WE ARE STILL BETTER THAN YOU GUYS AND OBAMA IS STILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA.
Wao crazy people , how will hey feel if their family is on that board . Racist
Racism on the increase
Phew! some people are despicable, whether they like it or not, a black man is the president of the most powerful country in the world.
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Oh!my goodness.Sounds funny though.
Very Racist
They are very stupid😡
Russian has always been know for their racism. too bad for my lovely Barack Obama
Russians are mainly racist,who refuse to c d good in blacks...Americans don't joke with dia president,soon d Russians will get what dey want....
You are so much better that the Internet u r using to tell them how much better you are is their invention ,the phone u r using the electricity am I missing something ? FYI no one is better than another based on a choice he/ she didn't make ie race tribe etc get it right boo
Funny 2 u bcos ur still naive
It has ntn to do with race biko. I dnt even like obama..despite all my efforts to force it.
Most white americans liked him too at first...but the guy just kept on making mistakes...esp with that his stupid obama care.
Senseless concept's frm retard's.
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True that they don't get along. But why use his image as a baby monkey? The whites have been calling us that for a long time
Enter your comment...what
Russians and racism
Daz dia wahala
Hv beta tins 2 sort out & not baracks mata
Who em help???
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Obama ain't sht. The whole world has lost all respect for Obama, not only Russia. He is an empty head and clueless leader. Only good at fighting for faggot rights, nothing else. The worst US president in US history. Where can i buy one.
Idiot apologist r u.
Oh-oh! U drank the republiCONS cool aid. U don't efin no nothing. Mumu.
@Truth 12:54AM
U r an idiot. The Russians did not invent internet, neither electricity.
If u like b inferior all u want, IjayBabe is rt.
U r very rt @Victor12:48AM, espacially now they r hardly regarded as a Super Power. They r freaking out real big. Their Zombie Prez went into middle east & got slapped down by Turkey. It dawned on him that just b/c u possess nuclear pwr does not guarantee u roaming freely on ppls territory.
Their racism is unbelievable.
Dats not so nice, haba! Linda take note!
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Russians are racists... whether the like it or not,blacks will forever exist on the continent and nothing/nobody can stop us..
Can u imagine? Racism everywhere.
But Obama is better than them.
That's not good...hope this has nothing to do with racism
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Idoubt it racist,,russian alws tryna show dt dey are poower...and believe me dey don't like americans
What do you considered as wrong choices?
its too late. we now know the scientific truth about who the real monkeys are. that s**t doesn't even matter.
What effrontery!
Obama is better than them
How can it have nothing to do with racism. Are you that ignorant? When a black man is depicted as a monkey or banana thrown as soccer players depicting monkey, what does that mean? Please educate yourself more about the way the world works- Newyorker
The supplier and the seller is both a premature imbecile and low lifers, fuking bloody racist. I from Nigeria Gods own country!!!
Chai you Nigerians living in Nigeria are so backward.What do you think football fans are doing when they throw banana at football players? They are referring to them as black monkeys indirectly. Why do Americans always tell blacks to get on their banana boat n go back to their country? So you don't know a black man depicted as a monkey is racist? You really are a bunch of ignorant people- Newyorker
White people n discrimination,Discuss?
Obama suppose to close down d store.
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