Yakhnich Motorsport team took part in the opening Tissot’s shop in Moscow

On 28 March 2013 company Tissot together with friends and partners celebrated the official opening of new watch boutique in the center of Moscow (in famous luxury shopping mall GUM which facing Red Square). On this action was Vladimir Leonov – the high-speed Russian rider of Yakhnich Motorsport team.
During the gala evening among the guests were Francois Thiebaud – the president of Tissot, Vladislav Tretiak – the famous former goaltender for the Soviet Union’s national ice hockey team, current president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and Aleksandr Yakhnich – the president of the company which organize Russian stage of the  World Superbike, owner the team Yakhnich Motorsport. 
Aleksandr Yakhnich: «The company Tissot is very close in spirit and ideology to the top motor sport as Formula 1, Moto GP and World Superbike, the last one we presented here. Together we did a great job last year, launching Russian stage. As a Superbike, Tissot is attached to the world of speed and high tech. Vladimir Leonov – the brand’s friend - confirmed their confidence and got few podiums in his debut session in World Superbike last year. Congratulate company Tissot with 160-th anniversary and wish a global development and prosperity in Russia».    
The festive atmosphere of the evening was inflated with choreographic stagings of artists of the Bolshoi theatre, classical music and celebrities such as Vladimir Leonov and Vladislav Tretiak, who held autograph sessions for the guests and visitors of the GUM.
Opposite the boutique Tissot was the “virtual room” where you can find yourself  “in the body” of the high-speed Russian rider Vladimir Leonov and ride on the fast superbike among celebrities of motorsport.