The fast good company McDonalds has announced it will temporarily close its restaurants in Russia,

[yaesu]

following intense pressure to take a stand over the Kremlin-ordered invasion of Ukraine. In a statement the company said: “our values mean we cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine.”

McDonalds said it employed 62,000 people in Russia who had “poured their heart and soul” into the brand. It promised to continue to pay its employees in Russia and Ukraine.

The decision of the fast-food chain to temporarily pause its operations in Moscow is a landmark moment in Russia’s deepening economic isolation.

McDonalds was one of the first western companies to open a branch in Russia in the dying days of the Soviet Union. Thousands of Muscovites queued to get a taste of the west, when the first McDonalds opened in January 1990.
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(this may actually improve the average lifespan of russians)

[SergeStorms]

1. One million....

rupels for a hamberder? Yeah, close them down for awhile.

[USALiberal]

2. FFS really? You think McDonald's closing fixes their diets??

[FarPoint]

3. Starbucks has reportedly got 130 stores in Russia!

They need to close too!

[dalton99a]

4. No more Happy Meals

Moscow, USSR, 1991

[BeyondGeography]

5. 850 shuttered-up MacDo's will send a message

Not that it will be interpreted sanely or properly, but it will register with a broader range of people than most of the other sanctions. It’s a very good thing.

[Sneederbunk]

6. However Igor's Liver-On-A-Stick franchises remain open.

[LiberatedUSA]

7. Honestly...

…how is any business going to make ends meet over there now? Nobody has enough money to buy anything.