A Russian woman who was injured when she tried to remove a booby-trapped, anti-Semitic sign received an award. President Vladimir Putin awarded the Russian Order of Courage last Friday to Tatyana Sapunova, 28, who suffered burns and eye injuries last month when a bomb exploded as she tried to remove the sign next to a highway near Moscow.
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