Rainforest Cafe ...Russian Style

More Malkin details are emerging. This little tidbit from the Post Gazette makes me wonder about Russian theme restaurants:

"In another curious twist, the Russian daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported last week that Malkin recently opened a new restaurant in Magnitogorsk designed to resemble a Russian jail, complete with bars on the windows, aluminum forks, waitresses in striped prison garb and portraits of Soviet dictators. Malkin was quoted as saying he wanted to open similar restaurants in other Russian cities."

Elaborate political statement or ahead of his time marketing savvy? You decide.