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Apparently, there was a lesbian couple from the Russian edition of IKEA's catalog. Well, not anymore, because the retailer has just removed it.

I was searching for such images but to no avail. Ikea is saying they have preemptively removed the couple to comply with the Russian ban on "homosexual propaganda".

The Guardian reports:
The December issue of the magazine, which will be distributed in most countries in which Ikea operates, contains a long feature about the lives of Clara and Kirsty, a Dorset-based lesbian couple and their Ikea-filled interiors. "We're two mums bringing up our baby boy in Clara's loft," says Kirsty in the story. "We're not your average family in your average home, but if my nan can raise two sons in a tiny caravan, we can make it work in our little loft.

Russian Ikea shoppers, however, will be shielded from information about the lives of the two British lesbians, in case it is deemed to fall foul of the country's controversial new law banning "homosexual propaganda".
An Ikea spokeswoman told Sweden's Aftonbladet newspaper that "We have two guiding principles in the communication we distribute from Ikea. The first is home interior design. The second is following the law."

[The Guardian, Huffington Post]