MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - St. Petersburg politicians want to take legal action against pop star Madonna after she swore in a taped promo message for her upcoming concert, a government newspaper reported Friday.
According to Rossiskaya Gazeta, the deputies have submitted a request to city governor Valentina Matviyenko proposing legal action be taken against the controversial star, who is due to give a concert in August.
In the web advert, Madonna uses a Russian swear word and says: "Okh....o! (It's f...ing amazing) This is Madonna. I hope to see you August 2 on Palace Square in St. Petersburg. Don't miss it."
MPs are angry that Madonna's use of a swear word has caused harm to Russia's second-largest city and are trying to get payment from her for holding the concert in St. Petersburg's historic Palace Square. The deputies contend that the city's central square is a public place and insist artists should pay for its use.
The head of PMI, Madonna's local management, told a local paper that "The information accidently leaked onto the Internet."
Marianna Lyubina said on the controversy surrounding the venue that it was not possible to sign a contract to hire Palace Square as it does not exist, adding that payment would be made in the form of tax on the profits from the concert.
"If the city authorities had made the proposal we would have signed such a contract," Lyubina told the Delovoi St. Petersburg paper.
