Dubai police summon Russian model who dangled from skyscraper: newspaper

[rooster59]

Dubai police summon Russian model who dangled from skyscraper: newspaper

 

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai police have summoned a Russian model who posed for a video while dangling from a skyscraper to sign a pledge not to put her life in danger again, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

A video of the model, identified by local media as 23-year-old Viktoria Odintcova, went viral after she posted it on her Instagram account earlier in the week.

It shows her stepping off a girder at the top of Dubai's 73-storey Cayan Tower and dangling in the void, held only by a man gripping her hand.

Major-General Khalil Ibrahim al-Mansouri, an assistant to the chief of police in Dubai, was quoted by the Arabic-language al-Ittihad newspaper as saying that Odintcova "had been summoned to sign an undertaking not to repeat any dangerous moves that could endanger her life in Dubai."

"What the young Russian woman had done represents a danger to her life," the newspaper quoted Mansouri as saying.

He said it was important for residents in the Gulf Arab city to avoid practicing dangerous hobbies without taking necessary precautions or obtaining prior permission from authorities, the newspaper said.

The video registered more than half a million viewings after it was posted on Odintcova's Instagram account.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-02-19

[ThaiDyeGuy]

Good job they weren't filmed kissing,  they'd both be in jail! 

[KKr]

The length people go to to get a split second of attention in the news..

Concerning the kissing whether one likes it or not, some countries do not encourage public acts of any kind,
Having said that,  THAT would have been spectacular, a handsfree, suction and tongue hold over the railing ...

[phil2407]

Good job they didn't have sweaty hands!!

[cruisemonkey]

I'm so glad she didn't fall... it would be a tragedy for the world to lose a rack like that.

[Srikcir]

Maybe some subliminal messages in this video. If the model had a full body hijab cover, she'd be smacking the sidewalk. Not to mention that she would be touching someone not family related that would be a religious crime if Muslim.

[pokerface1]

Pulling her back up would have been tough for the guy. He could have over balanced quite easily then they both would have kissed the concrete.

[off road pat]

3 hours ago, cruisemonkey said:

I'm so glad she didn't fall... it would be a tragedy for the world to lose a rack like that.

Nah, ....not a tragedy for the world only for the guy or guys that have access to that rack !!!

[The Old Bull]

You can't fix stupid

[bendejo]

The caption for that pic should be "Trust".

 

 

[daveAustin]

^^ Or 'barmy'.