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Posters appear in Moscow accusing famous Swedes of backing Nazism

A poster with a portrait of King Gustaf V of Sweden and the message "We are against Nazism, they are not" is installed at a bus stop near the Swedish embassy in Moscow, Russia May 5, 2022. REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER

Posters accusing some of the 20th century's most famous Swedes of supporting Nazism have appeared on Moscow's streets in a sign of worsening relations between Russia and Sweden as the Nordic country contemplates joining NATO.

Outside the Swedish embassy two posters affixed to a bus stop featured photographs of Swedish King Gustaf V, writer Astrid Lindgren, film director Ingmar Bergman and IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, and the message: "We are against Nazism, they are not."

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