Boycotts impacting Russian-owned small businesses in US

Bottles of Russian owned vodka Stolichnaya is smashed in a garbage can at FranksWine
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Most Americans say they support a boycott of some products with "Made in Russia" labels on them. More than 30 percent say they're already boycotting Russian products.

Those boycotts are hitting smaller businesses in this country that are owned by Russian immigrants that have nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. Some say they've had their stores vandalized or they get harassed because people think they're connected to their former homeland.

A new YouGov study finds it's a small minority that's doing that. Only 15 percent of people say they boycott ALL small businesses that have any connection to Russian immigrants. 60 percent say they oppose these boycotts for Russian-owned small businesses here.

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