Outdoor Ads RIP

In Arkhangelsk (aka Archangel) in the night from 24th to 25th of October there appeared these scary ads with the words of “Outdoor Advertising in Arkhangelsk. 1995 - 2005”. The chief manager of “Nord Media” advertising company Konstantin Yakovlev explained that it was done in protest towards the decision of the Arkhangelsk Municipality to raise local taxes on outdoor advertisements. It means that for a 3x6 meters advertisers should pay 6000 rubles (214 US$) a month in comparison with 2000 rubles they paid before.

Konstantin Yakovlev claims that taxes on advertising already make 8-10% of the company’s turnover. It should be noted that those special taxes are only for outdoor ads. Advertisers on TV or radio pay only income tax. Arkhangelsk Municipality already got more than 10 million rubles in 2005 from outdoor ads taxes.

Via arnews

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