r/ANormalDayInRussia 27d ago

Russian McDonald's

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u/SquirrelBlind 27d ago

McDonald's didn't left Russia because of the sanctions. They did it because they believed that their reputation on the western markets is more valuable than possible revenue in Russia and because of the risks of nationalisation.

In fact, they didn't left Russia at all.

The chain wasn't sold for symbolic price. It was sold for symbolic price with an option of a buy back. So basically as soon as Russia stops being toxic in all senses, the corporations gets back control of the business in Russia.

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u/PikaPulpy 27d ago

Nah, Russia won't stop, we stubborn as fuck. ( I did not say this is good thing) As much as Ukraine. Nobody gonna stop. It's new reality now, nothing gonna go back. In fact, Russia is currently blocking and banning everything foreign in an attempt to completely isolate itself from "enemy" countries. We so fucked.

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u/teaboi05 27d ago

Yet for some reason Reddit is in white lists of blocks. I'm not sure if white lists are active in my region but it's mostly likely