The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, the Danish capital’s most recognizable tourist symbol, appeared this Thursday with its base painted in the colors of the Russian flag.
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The Danish police have launched a vandalism investigation into the attack on the famous sculpture near the port of Langelini, which is visited by more than a million tourists every year and has been used as an object many times over its more than 110 years of existence. for political claims.
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The little mermaid has been decapitated three times, had her arm torn off and even blown off her granite pedestal, and has also appeared painted in different colors or dressed in football jerseys, veils or Ku Klux Klan robes.
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From a primary target of feminist anger in previous decades, it has come to be used for a variety of political demands, from squatter movements to xenophobic groups.
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The Danish government has expressed its unequivocal support for Ukraine in the face of Russian military intervention, both economic and military, through various aid packages. The Danish parliament approved, for example, two days ago, taking advantage of the absolute majority held by the central government led by the Social Democrats, to cancel the public holiday to increase defense spending, despite massive opposition from the population, opposition, trade unions and the national Lutheran church.
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