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Made-in-Russia Pampers Shunned in Ukraine Home-Grown Bans

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By Daryna Krasnolutska, Daria Marchak and Andrea Dudik

July 31, 2014 at 5:36 AM UTC

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When Nataliya Krivitskaya decided to boycott Russian products three months ago, she had no idea how much it would complicate her life.

With a bloody conflict against pro-Russian separatists raging in east Ukraine, the 27-year-old public-relations manager vowed to rid her Kiev home of brands made in Russia -- even if that means giving up her favorite Pampers diapers, churned out for Ukrainian households by a Procter & Gamble Co. unit 114 miles south of Moscow.