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Russia's government will a large building in the of Moscow. The building looks like a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres and 30 metres long and is covered in Louis Vuitton's famous . It also has two giant Russian flags running down one . The luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition of Louis Vuitton . The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to mark the 150-year of the company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company was disappointed. The company had planning to make the building and Moscow building inspectors visited it many times before the finished it.

The giant suitcase became very with ordinary Muscovites. Many people could not understand why the city agreed to build it in Moscow's Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square was "a sacred place for the Russian ". The suitcase was built next to the of Lenin. A Moscow pensioner said: "This is an for our country. All we think about is business, , business." He said it was shocking because most Russians could never to buy a Louis Vuitton product. The building may be moved to another of Moscow. The money collected from the will go to a Russian children's .

 


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