MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened on Friday to stop his own supporters removing the Communist hammer and sickle from one of the most hallowed relics of the country's history.
A draft law passed by the pro-Kremlin lower house of parliament and put on Putin's desk for approval stripped the hammer and sickle device from copies of the "Victory Banner".
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