Fallen Arches: McDonald’s Didn’t Prevent Putin From Invading Ukraine After All
It was once thought that nations might beat their swords into burger flippers, but 850 restaurants in Russia didn’t stop Putin from going to war. It’s McDonald’s that’s surrendering
You can only feel pity for Russia’s bourgeoisie. Since their leader chose, without consulting with them, to invade Ukraine in February, they have been deprived of their morning Starbucks coffee, Kentucky Fried Chicken lunches and dinner-time Big Macs, to name a few of life’s necessities.
Ordinary Russians could at least hold out hope that once Ukraine had been thoroughly de-Nazified, all these Western brands would be back and life would return to normal. However, that won’t be the case for the Big Mac: McDonald’s announced on Monday that it is abandoning the Russian market, selling its 850 restaurants and taking off a $1.2 billion writeoff.
