This only punishes the russian people, who are already facing devastating hamburger shortages. Meanwhile Putin can get his hamburgers delivered from abroad, on a silver tray.
None of them even have the slightest suspicion that McDonald's leaving is a GOOD thing for Russia, and if Putin wasn't so brain poisoned by market ideology he would have ordered the confiscation of all those properties immediately
havent the russians been confiscating the franchises that leave and running local varients.
They passed some law along those lines, where I think they expropriate if a business closes its doors for a month, but I'm not sure of the details.
Seriously though, every ruble that flows to McDonald's corporate is one less that Russia has, and this logic goes for just about any country. Protectionist policies to build up your own industry are one of the best things you can do if you've ruled out overthrowing capitalism.
They talk about this like the kitchens and the workers just evaporate when legal ties are severed. Meanwhile, in the real world, the buildings are being sold to a regional franchise.
McD's invented cows. Without the golden arches they will have to switch to Brazilian corned beef.
Has anyone ever seen Ronald Reagan and Ronald McDonald in the same room together? :soviet-hmm:
"... hamburger famine..."
Hamburglar in shambles
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Crap, I had to look up how to spell Hamburglar. smdh
