INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
When McDonald's first opened its doors in Moscow in 1990, over 30,000 Muscovites queued along Pushkin Square, hoping to get their first
tensions thawed and western appetites began to permeate the Iron Curtain.Just over three decades later, the American fast-food giant said it
was temporarily closing its 847 locations across Russia.The move comes amid a mass exodus of major Western companies from Russia since the
country launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb
blowing holes in the Russian economy and are expected to leave thousands of workers unemployed in what could become the country's worst
published by Yale listed 250 companies that have already severed ties with Russia, with tens of thousands of immediate job losses already
across a number of sectors, the Kremlin has declared that the risks of unemployment caused by Western sanctions were calculated in
Each time, vigorous measures were taken to minimize the growth rate of unemployment, it will also be the case this time," Kremlin spokesman
polled 700 Muscovites, found that from Feb
Kemerovo, the loss of her job only adds to the despair her and many of her friends are feeling since Russia launched its offensive on
