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Moscow McDonald’s Branches Shuttered in Sanctions Tit-for-Tat


Russian authorities have closed four McDonald’s restaurants over “health violations.” But western analysts see the move as a purely political response to sanctions imposed upon Russia in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Russian military support being given to separatist rebels in Ukraine.
The flagship Pushkin Square McDonald’s, the first branch to be opened in Russia, in 1990, is one of four branches shut down by Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian consumer-safety regulation group, who said that “sanitary violations” forced the closures. Rospotrebnadzor said they will continue to inspect other branches of McDonald’s in Russia for health violations.
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Source: Newsweek

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