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After 14 years of planning and negotiations, McDonald's Canada president George Cohon was permitted to open the first McDonald's in Russia by the Soviet government in 1990. The entry of the iconic American brand into the country was seen as a symbol of ongoing economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union .
McDonald's said Monday it plans to "de-arch" all restaurants in Russia, meaning its name, branding, menu, and logo can't be used.
Western companies with iconic brands like Coca-Cola that exit Russia face years of battling knockoffs and unauthorized imports clamoring to fill the void they leave behind, a risky bid as courts ...
The world's largest burger chain, which owns about 84% of its nearly 850 restaurants in Russia, will take a related non-cash charge of up to $1.4 billion following its sale.
Opening of the first Vkusno i tochka restaurant in Pushkin Square, Moscow, 12 June 2022.Formerly the first Russian McDonald's in the country. On 8 March 2022, facing continued pressure due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, McDonald's announced the temporary suspension of operation of its restaurants in Russia, while also announcing at the same time that it would continue to pay its employees ...
The "golden arches" arrived in Moscow in 1990, and became an iconic symbol of American capitalism as the Soviet Union fell.
Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s. It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the ...
Julius Epstein wrote several papers on "Soviet failures in Space", including allegations of lost cosmonauts, which were read into the Congressional Record in 1965 [31] and 1971. [ 32 ] In 1993, Sun , a U.S. supermarket tabloid , ran a story recounting multiple cosmonaut deaths and ensuing body recovery missions between 1968 and 1988.