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McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by lnxg33k1 »

_kbh_ wrote: post #111
lnxg33k1 wrote: post #34

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How does countries joining a defensive alliance threaten Russia?. Maybe if Russia stopped invading all its neighbours and all the prior USSR states, these states would stop joining NATO. The only thing NATO stops is Russian imperialism.

This seems to ignore the last 20 years of NATO occupation of Iraq which has been attacked based on false reports of some nuclear warheads that have never been found, I am not sure if you guys have short memory, are constantly brainwashed by your partisan media or just not that smart, If I was surrounded by a bunch of countries depending on the will of some guys calling freedom fries to force other to join, creating fake news and reports to force others to invade, I would be scared too

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by actuator »

0898 wrote: post #140

Can anybody explain why the rouble is at a five-year high? Or is there something in the intricacies of currency pairings that means this high isn't quite like other "highs"?

It is not at a five year high though. Seems to be 10-15% down than five year high against USD.

Even the initial sanction shock has petered out as it seems oil and gas sales have been going well

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by ushakov »

0898 wrote: post #140

Can anybody explain why the rouble is at a five-year high? Or is there something in the intricacies of currency pairings that means this high isn't quite like other "highs"?

market is frozen

unless you’re Russian you can’t sell assets

at the same time government purchases stocks and rouble with euros made from selling natural resources

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by jcranmer »

lnxg33k1 wrote: post #123
jcranmer wrote: post #91

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Why is it more important to listen to Russia than to listen to Ukraine, Sweden, and Finland? Or also Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia?

Because Russia has 10k nuclear warheads that yankees are apparently ignoring, and the expansion of NATO is happening on european soil at european stability expenses, which apparently EU leaders are ignoring, you guys seem to think that I come here to say these things because I am a fan of Mister Putin, I am not, but I am aware that actions have consequences and if Hilary Clinton and Obama tell a guy that he is Hitler…

You know, Eastern European leaders are even harder line against Russia right now than the US is, let alone Western Europe. I guess having living memory of having been invaded and occupied by Russia makes you especially eager to sign up to, and enforce, a pact that will commit a much, much larger power to go to war against Russia if you get invaded.

I'm not worried about nuclear weapons, and this is why: nuclear weapons are the last form of escalation possible. If Putin uses nuclear weapons, there is nothing he can do to further deter NATO from invading Russia, and I strongly suspect that public opinion would be in favor of NATO doing so. I don't see any scenario where the use of nuclear weapons wouldn't harm Russian positions, let alone a scenario where nuclear weapons are actually helpful.

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by [deleted] »

ushakov wrote: post #59
chongli wrote: post #40

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For a globally recognizable brand like McDonald's, the move to leave the country has a symbolic meaning. It sends a message to the Russian people that something is deeply wrong with the direction taken by their government. Of course, some Russians will interpret the move differently, but that cannot be avoided.

> Of course, some Russians will interpret the move differently Russian propaganda will say something like: “McDonalds, evil American company, left our people without jobs and betrayed our trust” most people would believe this the blame will be shifted from Russian Government to “evil American corporation”

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Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by jcranmer »

lnxg33k1 wrote: post #151
_kbh_ wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does countries joining a defensive alliance threaten Russia?. Maybe if Russia stopped invading all its neighbours and all the prior USSR states, these states would stop joining NATO. The only thing NATO stops is Russian imperialism.

This seems to ignore the last 20 years of NATO occupation of Iraq which has been attacked based on false reports of some nuclear warheads that have never been found, I am not sure if you guys have short memory, are constantly brainwashed by your partisan media or just not that smart, If I was surrounded by a bunch of countries depending on the will of some guys calling freedom fries to force other to join, creating f…

Iraq was not a NATO operation, hence the term "coalition of the willing."

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by adictator »

logifail wrote: post #24
GekkePrutser wrote: post #13

> The Company intends to initiate the process of “de-Arching” those restaurants, which entails no longer using the McDonald’s name, logo, branding, and menu, though the Company will continue to retain its trademarks in Russia. Obviously they'd want to keep the trademark, otherwise they have no way to prevent those sold restaurants from "re-Arching" after the "de-Arching" :)

> Obviously they'd want to keep the trademark, otherwise they have no way to prevent those sold restaurants from "re-Arching" after the "de-Arching" :) If a country has gone sufficiently rogue to invade a neighbour, respect for property[0][1] - and by extension trademarks - appears to matter very little, at least for now? [0] https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/16/business/russia-aircraft-... [1] https://www.bbc.com/news…

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Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by trasz »

0898 wrote: post #140

Can anybody explain why the rouble is at a five-year high? Or is there something in the intricacies of currency pairings that means this high isn't quite like other "highs"?

Because it's artificially held high by Russian central bank. That's why Russians are not allowed to buy USD or gold.

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by wiseowise »

rs999gti wrote: post #10
paganel wrote: post #4

Thought they had already left. Good decision for Russia and for Russians' health, to be honest.

MCD will be back once the war or situation stabilizes. Russia is a large economy that any global company would want to be a part of.

Large economy the size of Italy?

Re: McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

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Post by eimrine »

alaricus wrote: post #66
chongli wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For a globally recognizable brand like McDonald's, the move to leave the country has a symbolic meaning. It sends a message to the Russian people that something is deeply wrong with the direction taken by their government. Of course, some Russians will interpret the move differently, but that cannot be avoided.

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"Harmfullness" of MacDo is a common meme but in fact there is hard to find anything harmful there except of cola.
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