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The Russian president appeared in the £10,500 coat, worth double the average Russian salary. Almost 1,300 people have signed a petition calling on luxury brand Loro Piana to denounce the despot.
When Vladimir Putin wore a puffer jacket costing 25 times the average monthly salary in Russia to a pro-war rally in the country on March 18, his choice was about a lot more than just warmth. He paired the US$14,000 (S$19,000) Loro Piana coat with a US$3,000 roll-neck jumper by another Italian brand, Kiton, in a move that would mean.