For a real coup, what about inviting a couple of Russki TU95/142 bombers.
According to the British press, there's a few patrolling off the coast daily. Get em to pop in during one of their regular jaunts. Certainly a way to get some media coverage and advertising. You could even put them in the large aircraft area where the Nimrods used to park on such occasions. It might even be good for easing post glasnost tensions, that's if Vlad wants to ease tensions of course.
