Madonna Riding Virginal Russian Fitness Wave

08 August 2012 | Issue 4944

By Alexander Bratersky and Lena Smirnova

About a hundred admirers greeted Madonna as she opened a branch of her branded gym in downtown Moscow, riding the wave of the country's more than half a billion dollar fitness business.

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Madonna Riding Virginal Russian Fitness Wave

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Madonna Riding Virginal Russian Fitness Wave