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A visitor speaks with employees at the newly-opened Stars Coffee cafe in Moscow, on August 19, 2022. – Stars Coffee, a Russian chain that came to replace …
A visitor speaks with employees at the newly-opened Stars Coffee cafe in Moscow, on August 19, 2022. – Stars Coffee, a Russian chain that came to replace the American Starbucks in Russia after its departure due to the Ukrainian conflict, opened its first restaurant in Moscow for the general public under the slogan “Bucks is gone, the stars have stayed”. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
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A visitor speaks with employees at the newly-opened Stars Coffee cafe in Moscow, on August 19, 2022. – Stars Coffee, a Russian chain that came to replace …
A visitor speaks with employees at the newly-opened Stars Coffee cafe in Moscow, on August 19, 2022. – Stars Coffee, a Russian chain that came to replace the American Starbucks in Russia after its departure due to the Ukrainian conflict, opened its first restaurant in Moscow for the general public under the slogan “Bucks is gone, the stars have stayed”. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

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