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producer

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during the duo's promotional tour in the USA in early 2003. On February 25, 2003, the women performed on ''

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'', and mocked

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's insistence that they neither kiss nor comment on the

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'' in white T-shirts that bore the slogan across the front, and by blocking their faces with their hands as they kissed during a break in their performance. The stunt prompted NBC to ban t.A.T.u. from any future performance, but it also helped their international record sales. On February 26, when the shirts were banned from ''

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way to say "No to War" (Нет войне!), however the slang translations may vary to "Dick to War" (word-by-word) or a creative way of saying "Fuck War". Fans in Russia wore their own versions of the shirts at performances, but when shown on Russian TV, the shirts were edited with an extra stroke through the letter ''Х'' to say ''Жуй войне!'' literally "Chew to the War!".

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