Six congressional representatives have asked Coca-Cola and McDonald’s to drop sponsorship of Belarus’ Olympic team because of a sports stadium built over a Jewish cemetery. Belarus’ expansion of the Neman stadium in Grodno has unearthed Jewish remains and tombstones, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter to the two corporate giants.
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