In April, Monaco-based model Victoria Bonya, 42, with 9 million followers, led the anti-Chanel campaign by wealthy female Kremlin backers who cut up their Chanel products.
Wealthy Russian women have filmed themselves cutting up their Chanel handbags with scissors after the French fashion firm banned sales in the country. They accused the company of Russophobia
The luxury brand pulled out of Russia in protest at Vladimir Putin s invasion of Ukraine, but the rich-set did not foresee restrictions on their regular forays abroad.