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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 .
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 ...
Pre-Ukrainian war McDonald's in Moscow, Russia in 2011 The first McDonald's in Estonia, located in the Tallinn Old Town in 2019. 1990: On January 31, the first McDonald's restaurant opened in the Soviet Union, in Moscow. [70] Located in Pushkinskaya Square, it served 30,000 people on opening day, and was the largest McDonald's in the world at ...
McDonald's said Monday it plans to "de-arch" all restaurants in Russia, meaning its name, branding, menu, and logo can't be used.
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Home to the most McDonald's in the Middle East. First outlet in the Arabian Peninsula. See McDonalds's Central, Eastern and Northern. See McDonald's Western and Southern. 65 Kuwait June 15, 1994 Kuwait City (now closed) 87 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023) [12] 55,618 Home to the biggest McDonald's in the Middle East. [37]
Drive-Thru History. As with any claim to being “first,” there are a few challengers, but it’s believed that the first McDonald’s drive-thru made its debut in 1975 in Arizona.
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 ...