Calling All Solodovs

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}New billboards in Moscow mysteriously announcing “Solodov, I want you!” have gotten people talking, but not everyone is amused.

The 70 ads are teasers for an upcoming Solodov beer, but a number of people with the surname Solodov, an uncommon name, are confused—even hostile. “Where did such a moronic advertisement come from? It’s tasteless. I don’t know who wants me there,” one Alexander Solodov told the Moscow Times. “It’s indecent. Couldn’t they write in brackets that it’s beer?” added Dmitry Solodov.

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