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Nets' Kirilenko opens first of 5 Hooters Restaurants in Russia

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Brooklyn Net and businessman Andrei Kirilenko is set to open the first of his five Hooters Restaurants in Russia on Monday.

“Like Americans, Russians are huge sports fans that are excited about an upbeat dining experience that combines sports, delicious food and, of course, the Hooters Girls,” Kirilenko said, via Restaurant News. “Hooters is the perfect fusion of all three, so it only makes sense to bring this legendary concept to my home country.”

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The first restaurant, located in central Moscow, hired nearly 80 Hooters Girls. The other locations will roll out in the next three to four years.

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