return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoRussia struck this McDonald’s at least nine times. It’s still open.www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down116
arrow-up1269arrow-down1external-linkRussia struck this McDonald’s at least nine times. It’s still open.www.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareMika@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhat’s interesting about this? MacDonald’s left after the fullscale invasion, and someone bought the assets to make a cheap kickoff. It is not about sovereignty, they try to preserve Moscow as “rich and just like the West”, cause it’s the place foreigners visit.
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf more countries had their “cheap kickoff” instead of the us brands, the us wouldn’t be as powerful and influential as it is today. If only people resisted the giant us brands by themselves, as a cultural thing…
minus-squareMika@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoThey do want McDonald’s though, it’s not a cultural thing. Kickoffs are made cause the real thing left them, not cause they resisted it.
minus-squaremrmisses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYou really think someone bought the assets?
minus-squareMika@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWell they paid at huge discount, cause it’s not like they had many buyers. But they did pay some. https://eathealthy365.com/mcdonalds-russia-exit-what-happened-what-replaced-it/
What’s interesting about this? MacDonald’s left after the fullscale invasion, and someone bought the assets to make a cheap kickoff.
It is not about sovereignty, they try to preserve Moscow as “rich and just like the West”, cause it’s the place foreigners visit.
If more countries had their “cheap kickoff” instead of the us brands, the us wouldn’t be as powerful and influential as it is today.
If only people resisted the giant us brands by themselves, as a cultural thing…
They do want McDonald’s though, it’s not a cultural thing. Kickoffs are made cause the real thing left them, not cause they resisted it.
Good point
You really think someone bought the assets?
Well they paid at huge discount, cause it’s not like they had many buyers. But they did pay some.
https://eathealthy365.com/mcdonalds-russia-exit-what-happened-what-replaced-it/