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Now playing Next Culture news Denmark’s Little Mermaid statue vandalised with Russian flag graffiti Copenhagen’s iconic Little Mermaid statue, which is celebrating its 110th anniversary, has been vandalised again - this time with a Russian flag daubed on its base 02/03/2023
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