Brighton Beach, New York, US – Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine last month, a popular deli in the New York neighbourhood of Brighton Beach, home to a large ex-Soviet diaspora, opted to remove its plastic “Taste of Russia” sign.
“We felt, living in the Russian-speaking community, that it was the right thing to do,” co-owner Bobby Rakhman, who was born in Odesa, Ukraine, told Al Jazeera, standing next to employees with blue-and-yellow ribbons pinned to their uniforms.
