“In early spring, the first few hundred stores (Zara. -

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) in Russia will be opened,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Earlier it became known that the Spanish clothing chain Inditex, which owns the brands Zara and Bershka, has reached an initial agreement to sell its business in Russia to the Daher Group.

According to Izvestia, Zara stores will remain in Russia under the name New Fashion.