In Brief
Stallone Pushes Vodka MOSCOW (Reuters) — Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, mighty destroyer of Soviet opponents in the “Rambo” and “Rocky” movies, now plans to advertise Russian vodka. Russian vodka producer Synergy said on Friday it had signed a one-year contract with Stallone, who will appear in television and newspaper advertisements for the vodka brand Russian Ice, starting Sept. 1. Sources valued the deal at $1 million. Stallone — whose film character John Rambo killed Soviet troops by the dozen in Afghanistan and whose Rocky Balboa humiliated Soviet boxer Ivan Drago — will advertise the product under the slogan: “There is a bit of Russian in all of us.” “The advertising campaign concept was based on the fact that the actor has Russian roots,” Synergy said in a statement, referring to Stallone’s great-grandmother, Rosa Rabinovich, from the Ukrainian town of Odessa. The Rambo and Rocky movies were banned in the Soviet Union, but were hot property in the country’s underground VHS market. Marriage Fraud Arrest ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — A 21 year-old St. Petersburg woman was arrested Friday, Interfax reported, on suspicion of swindling a 37 year old Australian man out of 270,000 rubles ($11,000) during two weeks in June under the pretence of marriage preparations. Svetlana Belonosova, who is unemployed, met the Australian man, who has not been named, on the Internet. The man sought recourse in a law enforcement agency at the beginning of August, Interfax reported. Metro Reveals Crack ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Gostiny Dvor metro station closed its entrances and exits Monday due to the appearance of a crack in a sloping passageway, Interfax reported. The station closure did not affect the passage of trains or the underground working of the station. The police reported that the cause of the fissure was a detached water drainage pipe. The crack was due to be fixed in time for Tuesday, Fontanka.ru reported. Nizhny to Make Movies MOSCOW (SPT) — A new film studio complex is being planned for the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Boris Vishyak, former general director of the TVC channel, along with several partners, plans to build a $15 million complex on a 75,000 square meter plot near Sormovskoye lake, the Hollywood Reporter said Monday citing business daily Kommersant. New Mall in Gatchina ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — A new trade and entertainment center owned by the company Mariya is to open in the town of Gatchina in the Leningrad Oblast at the end of October this year. The Gatchinsky complex will have a total area of 4,150 square meters, with 2,609 square meters available to rent. There will also be an underground parking lot for 150 cars. Rent rates will be set at $480 per square meter per year excluding VAT. The anchor tenant will be the food store Gretsia, while the rest of the space will be occupied by stores, a bank, beauty salon, food court and supermarket.
|
Ïåðåâåñòè íà ðóññêèé
Print this article
