Top 3 Russian Inappropriate Ads

Russian inappropriate commercials

Here is the selection of top three ads your kids better not see from this winter in Russia.

This first one is about World of Warcraft and it is the most “soft” in order not to show the more “hard” ones on the site’s front page. It advertises bank cards for one of Russian top banks and promises to everyone that “…ork of 80th level can be called career growth too.” I mean, your kids can get really wrong opinion on that WOW is OK and they can get serious with it in their further life. Anyways inside we have really inappropriate two others, may be bit not safe for work.

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Send Flowers to Russia

Send flowers to Russia

In Russia, flower delivery to the beloved ones can sometimes be accomplished in some intriguing way.

When you ready to waste more on your flowers and be sure they would be there in such manner your girl would never forget you can call those guys.

What’s so unique with that? Inside there is the answer what they do.

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The First Retail Catalogues

Russian catalogue

For long years of communists reign there was no free commerce or telemarketing retail sales in Russia. None could start a business or a company, it was not possible. Only the state had the right to be a vendor. Then in one moment things has changed. Now anyone could sell almost anything to anyone. So first experiments sprang out devoted to the power of direct postal sales bringing out such masterpieces of commerce art like this catalogue.

Some photos from those first editions bring smile to every Russian who remembers that times of strange fashion and standards.

See yourself what you could by first years after the “perestroika” began.

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Russian Insurance Companies

A TV ad for Russian insurance company, saying that big insurance company is much better than the small ones that can behave like this when you come for your cover payment.

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Car with Surprise

Audi from Russia 1

This car was bought by a Russian guy via an online ad, just a common thing. It’s price was around $13,000. Here is the screenshot of the ad. Then after the car was purchased the new owenr noticed that one of the speakers in the car was not working so he decided to fix it, so he dismantled the door to see what’s the matter with the speaker and found a bunch of photos there together with a letter. The photos and the text you can see below:

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Toys, 24×7

Russian toys sold to train passengers

In this small Russian town some people earn their leaving by selling the soft toys day and night to the passengers of passing though trains.

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Russian Business Calendar

Russian Calendar 2009 1

One Russian company in this calendar tried to show how they see the business in Russia.

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The Old Organizer

Old Russian organizer 1

I didn’t know that the organizers have such a long history. This one is the last example of pre-communist Russia organizers. Made in leather covers containing the full map of Russia and all other things that organizers have now, but it was 90 years ago.

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Russian Financial News Program

Russian Stock News

A short video from Russian financial news program. It was aired live, look at behind the speaking guy…

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Business in Russia

People say doing business in Russia is cool - so many possibilities and unoccupied niches are still left on market. But.. do you want to see how police conducts searches in Russian companies? Here is the video. Business is easy but law should be respected?

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