Adidas has removed a dress with USSR symbols from its online store. It outraged Lithuania and Ukraine

Sportswear manufacturer Adidas has removed from the US version of its online store a dress with the emblem of the USSR and the inscription "USSR", which outraged some residents of Lithuania and Ukraine.

Those who managed to add the dress to the cart saw the inscription "This item is no longer available." Also, men's and women's T-shirts with Soviet symbols disappeared from the American version of the online store.

with the inscription "USSR" remained on the British version of the Adidas website At the same time, the dress and men's T-shirt .

• On May 7, the Adidas dress with Soviet symbols was criticized by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, and the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance asked the Adidas-Ukraine company not to sell it in the country. On Facebook, users from Lithuania and Ukraine staged a flash mob with the hashtag #StopAdidas.
• Since 2008, Soviet symbols have been equated with Nazi symbols in Lithuania and banned . The law on the prohibition of propaganda of symbols of the USSR is also in force in Ukraine.