This is the height of tastelessness: Amazon had disgusting Putin propaganda shirts on offer!
The Internet giant had listed various shirts with the “Z” symbol by Tuesday afternoon.
What it’s all about? The white “Z”, often surrounded by four white bars, is emblazoned on the tanks and military vehicles with which Russian forces invaded Ukraine. This is probably how the Russian soldiers identify themselves to their “allies”. For Ukrainians, on the other hand, they are associated with the death and suffering that the war brought to their homeland.
After various tips, the disgusting products have now been removed from the shop.
Andriy Melnyk (46), the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, is appalled. Melnyk on BILD: “It is a scandal that Amazon offered clothing with the Z symbol, which symbolizes the Russian war of annihilation against the Ukrainians. Good that these goods are no longer sold.”
He warns: “We urgently appeal to Amazon and other mail-order companies to take a close look at their range again in order to prevent the Kremlin’s aggression from being downplayed. At the same time, we once again call on all German companies to cease doing business in Russia as long as Putin wages his perfidious, bloody war against the Ukrainian state and civilian population.”
► Also the MEP Erik Marquardt (34, Greens) takes a clear position against money-making with Putin propaganda. Marquardt: “Amazon should donate the money earned to the victims of the war, because it is wrong to earn money with a war of aggression, death and suffering. Jeff Bezos’ net worth is greater than Ukraine’s GDP.”
Marquardt continued: “I demand that Bezos do a serious part to alleviate the suffering and not donate a few million while he earns additional billions from crises.”