- McDonald’s will temporarily close 850 locations in Russia, nearly two weeks after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.
- The fast-food giant had taken heat for staying silent on the war.
- McDonald’s has long played a symbolic role in Russia, opening its first Moscow location months before the Soviet Union collapsed.
The price of Fast Food (McDonalds/KFC) (Per Person) in Russia is 66.72 RUB. Currency.
- McDonald’s restaurants are presently available in 120 countries of the world.
- With the rapid opening of McDonald’s restaurants in various parts of the world, it presently has over 38,695 restaurants worldwide.
- The United States of America hosts about 40% of McDonald’s restaurants.
- US oligarchs rose to riches through personal ingenuity or inherited money, not by a stroke of lucky timing and Kremlin connections.
- US oligarchs actually have to hire lobbyists to go and try to convince the government on relevant issues.
- US oligarchs are not a uniform bunch, and do not fall behind one man like in Russia.
The U.S. has promised to use the economic measures as part of a “swift and severe” response if Russia invades Ukraine. In Washington, the names of a dozen Russian state-owned and private banks have circulated as potential targets of Treasury Department