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Photos: Russian supermarket under fire for selling chopping boards with photo of Barack Obama as a monkey

Scandal broke out after a customer purchased a chopping board with an image of US President Barack Obama as a monkey, in a store in Tatarstan's main city Kazan and took pictures that went viral. The product features a family of monkeys, with an image of Obama's face superimposed onto that of the smallest primate.
 
The upscale Russian store chain on Thursday, December 10, apologised on Thursday for selling the chopping boards after the US embassy reacted furiously.

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.
at 12/10/2015 11:38:00 pm

59 comments:

  1. Davido's driver10 December 2015 at 23:39

    END TIME THINGS

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    1. Unknown11 December 2015 at 02:20

      Senseless concept's frm retard's.

      Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com)

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    2. Unknown11 December 2015 at 03:58

      Daz dia wahala
      Hv beta tins 2 sort out & not baracks mata
      Who em help???


      # oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#
      # oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

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    3. Unknown11 December 2015 at 05:23

      Dats not so nice, haba! Linda take note!

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    4. knowurway.com11 December 2015 at 06:01

      Can u imagine? Racism everywhere.

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    5. Victor Emeka Isaac11 December 2015 at 07:00

      That's not good...hope this has nothing to do with racism







      Also Check Vabadon's Blog

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    6. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 10:40

      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

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  2. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:40

    Hmmm
    $.
    $.
    @Carlos via Nokia Lumia

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  3. tjay'TEE Bello10 December 2015 at 23:41

    And they are Muslims??

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  4. Anonymous10 December 2015 at 23:41

    Finally! Jim Iyke reveals how he has been kissing these popular actresses on set

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  5. AGB10 December 2015 at 23:41

    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.

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    1. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 02:57

      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

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    2. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 04:04

      Idiot apologist r u.

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    3. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 10:45

      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

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  6. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:41

    Nawa oooo disrespectful....not nice at all

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  7. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:42

    Better for them that they correct it!

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  8. tjay'TEE Bello10 December 2015 at 23:42

    And they are Muslims??

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  9. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:43

    Hahahahahaha....funny but serious though. There's nothing we won't see or read on a daily basis. Choi!








    #TeamBlessed#

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  10. Bummyla10 December 2015 at 23:44

    This Is An Expensive Joke! http://www.bummyla.com

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  11. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:44

    Trouble dey sleep......... hmmmmm......

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  12. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:45

    Racism.
    $.
    $.
    @Carlos via Nokia Lumia

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  13. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:46

    War beckons

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  14. Darrel tom10 December 2015 at 23:46

    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

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  15. Darrel tom10 December 2015 at 23:46

    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

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  16. STERN10 December 2015 at 23:50

    What rubbish!? This is so stupid of them. !

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  17. Anonymous10 December 2015 at 23:51

    Where is the fire ?? Nna! this is business, Money is involved

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  18. Unknown10 December 2015 at 23:53

    Thats totally n utterly disrespectful

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  19. gentle11 December 2015 at 00:00

    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.

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  20. gentle11 December 2015 at 00:00

    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.

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    1. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 04:10

      Oh-oh! U drank the republiCONS cool aid. U don't efin no nothing. Mumu.

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  21. tomjerryswit11 December 2015 at 00:04

    gud 4 dem。。。tomjerryswit

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  22. Unknown11 December 2015 at 00:09

    WHITE PEOPLE AND THEIR INSECURITY!!! WE ARE STILL BETTER THAN YOU GUYS AND OBAMA IS STILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA.

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    1. Truth11 December 2015 at 00:54

      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

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    2. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 04:17

      @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.

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  23. Hmmmmmm11 December 2015 at 00:20

    Wao crazy people , how will hey feel if their family is on that board . Racist

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  24. Unknown11 December 2015 at 00:20

    Racism on the increase

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  25. BONARIO NNAGS11 December 2015 at 00:27

    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.


    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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    1. gentle11 December 2015 at 02:20

      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.

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  26. Unknown11 December 2015 at 00:29

    Oh!my goodness.Sounds funny though.

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  27. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 00:33

    Very Racist

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  28. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 00:38

    They are very stupid😡

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  29. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 00:40

    Russian has always been know for their racism. too bad for my lovely Barack Obama

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  30. Unknown11 December 2015 at 00:48

    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....

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    1. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 04:27

      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.

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  31. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 03:24

    Enter your comment...what

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  32. Tina(@libblogqueen)11 December 2015 at 03:35

    Russians and racism

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  33. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 04:02

    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.

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  34. Unknown11 December 2015 at 05:42

    K

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  35. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 05:48

    Russians are racists... whether the like it or not,blacks will forever exist on the continent and nothing/nobody can stop us..

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  36. Arsenal11 December 2015 at 06:16

    But Obama is better than them.

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  37. Unknown11 December 2015 at 07:26

    Idoubt it racist,,russian alws tryna show dt dey are poower...and believe me dey don't like americans

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  38. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 08:29

    its too late. we now know the scientific truth about who the real monkeys are. that s**t doesn't even matter.

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  39. Anonymous Personified11 December 2015 at 09:20

    What effrontery!

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  40. Unknown11 December 2015 at 10:13

    Obama is better than them

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  41. Anonymous11 December 2015 at 10:42

    The supplier and the seller is both a premature imbecile and low lifers, fuking bloody racist. I from Nigeria Gods own country!!!

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  42. Unknown11 December 2015 at 14:39

    White people n discrimination,Discuss?

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  43. Unknown14 December 2015 at 20:21

    Obama suppose to close down d store.

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