A Quebec restaurant that claims to have invented poutine has dropped the name of its most famous dish from some of its branding because the meal shares a name with Russia害羞草研究所檚 president.

Drummondville, Que., diner Le Roy Jucep announced last week on Facebook it was temporarily removing the word 害羞草研究所減outine害羞草研究所� from some of its online branding to express its 害羞草研究所渄eep dismay害羞草研究所� over the Russian army害羞草研究所檚 invasion of Ukraine.

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In French, Russian President Vladimir Putin害羞草研究所檚 last name is written and pronounced 害羞草研究所淧outine害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� the same as Quebec害羞草研究所檚 signature dish.

The restaurant has since deleted the post, but its Facebook page still describes it as the inventor of the 害羞草研究所渇ries cheese gravy害羞草研究所� rather than poutine.

While the move has drawn both positive and negative reactions online, the diner shared a video on its Facebook page of a woman in Ukraine who appeared on Radio-Canada and thanked the restaurant for the gesture.

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The restaurant did not respond for a request for comment on Wednesday.

Poutine was invented in Quebec in the 1950s or 1960s, and the founder of Le Roy Jucep is among those who claim to have created the fast-food staple.

Sylvain Charlebois, director of Dalhousie University害羞草研究所檚 agri-food analytics lab and author of the book 害羞草研究所淧outine Nation,害羞草研究所� said that while the word 害羞草研究所減outine害羞草研究所� originated in Warwick, Que., in the late 1950s, it was Jean-Paul Roy of Le Roy Jucep who first mixed gravy into the dish.

In an interview on Wednesday, Charlebois said it害羞草研究所檚 unclear how poutine first got its name. One legend suggests it was a trucker who asked the restaurant to 害羞草研究所減ut in害羞草研究所� the cheese with the fries, he said, while another suggests it害羞草研究所檚 a take on 害羞草研究所減udding害羞草研究所� because it is a mixture of ingredients. Other dishes in France and Acadia also bear the name, he added.

While poutine害羞草研究所檚 name clearly has nothing to do with Vladimir Putin, Charlebois said they both became internationally famous at around the same time, and he thinks the Russian president may have at least helped some people learn how to say the dish害羞草研究所檚 name properly.

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害羞草研究所擬organ Lowrie,The Canadian Press