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Russia: Uniqlo halts operations in Russia

Customers queue outside a Uniqlo store in Moscow before its closure Source: AAP / TASS/Sipa USA

In many shopping centres international brands have closed their doors. Shoppers are finding they can no longer buy some goods imported from the West, and the cost of other items has gone up.


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By Phillippa Carisbrooke

Source: SBS News



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In many shopping centres international brands have closed their doors. Shoppers are finding they can no longer buy some goods imported from the West, and the cost of other items has gone up.



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