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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

The Russian bank, the Bruce Willis ad and the $900m sanctions battle

Bruce Willis was the face of National Bank Trust’s 2011 ad campaign.
Bruce Willis was the face of National Bank Trust’s 2011 ad campaign. Photograph: WENN Rights/Alamy

In one of Russia’s most high-profile marketing campaigns, film star Bruce Willis appeared in cinematic advertisements with a car chase and a rooftop rescue, ending with the slogan, “Trust is just like me, but a bank.”

The campaign for National Bank Trust in 2011 – which included cardboard cutouts of Willis popping up in 400 branches across Russia – was credited with raising the bank’s profile and boosting business.

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