McDonald’s Is Leaving Russia, but Capitalism Will Be Back
Now Ukraine alone will have franchises, resetting the McRib paradigm.

McDonald’s is selling off its 850 restaurants in Russia. This “de-arching” turns the clock back to January 31, 1990, when Big Macs first landed at Moscow and started showing the communist nation the wonders of capitalism — one all-beef patty at a time.
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