Moscow (AFP) – Russian authorities seem to have scented blood as they show no sign of halting a clampdown on US chain McDonald’s, launched after the West slapped sanctions on Moscow over its meddling in Ukraine. Ten outlets of the symbolic American eatery are now closed, McDonald’s said Wednesday, months after the country’s consumer watchdog began inspections at almost half of the burger giant’s 451 restaurants nationwide. The hit to operations — compounded by the closure of three branches on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, snatched by Moscow from Ukraine in March — contributed to a miserable third-quarter for …read more
Source: Business Insider
