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Chocolate Putins on sale in Ukraine

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
May 24, 2014

On the eve of Sunday’s Ukrainian presidential elections, the people in the city of Lviv are preparing for the vote in a rather … delicious … way.

A local chocolate store has been selling figurines of Vladimir Putin. One piece of chocolate has Putin with his hand over his heart. Another features Putin wearing a Napoleonic-style hat.

Yet another has the Russian prime minister in a straitjacket.

And they’ve been flying off the shelves.

But while Lviv’s residents obviously have a great sense of humor, they say they realize the seriousness of Sunday’s elections.

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