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This actually sounds like a positive. Can they exit from Canada next?
Based on what? I'm sure they could exit anywhere they wanted, but since Canada isn't actively committing war crimes and having sanctions placed on it, what positive would come from leaving Canada?
Wow thatt's pretty rough. Just recently I saw some old footage of when Russia opened to the West and all those 90's kids in Russia going to the first Mc Donalds opening there. Then again McDonalds is a good example of a lot of things that are just plain wrong about western culture... so no loss for Russia I guess.
McDonalds in non US countries is often very different from the US. Its still probably not the healthiest option, but it operates in a different market segment.
No free refills, though.
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You are a bit late to the party. Many Russian assets have already been seized, among them the Gazprom subsidiary in Germany. We are in a weird spot where Russia is very much interested in economic relationships continuing more or less as is (exemplified by the conciliatory rhetoric from the Russian government, essentially they are saying "no hard feelings, return any time" to the departing companies) so will mostly r…
> Many Russian assets have already been seized, among them the Gazprom subsidiary in Germany Most Russian assets have been frozen, not seized. The German subsidiary made news for being an exception in that Germany took control of the subsidiary. But it’s still Gazprom’s property.
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It was after approx 70 years of Soviet regime. People had never seen anything like this before, during their whole life.
> https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t9s0f4/r... I guess this is also after 70 years of soviets and people never seen anything like this before?
"How a Canadian Opened the First Soviet McDonald’s"
* https://medium.com/exploring-history/how-a-canadian-opened-t...
* https://www.cbc.ca/archives/first-mcdonalds-moscow-1990-1.49...
Someone should interview George Cohon:
> George Alan Cohon, CC OOnt (born April 19, 1937) is an American-born Canadian businessman who is the founder and senior chairman of McDonald's Canada and McDonald's of Russia.
bet they still doin biz in china and shanghai though
How is China even remotely similar to an aggresive fascist state of Russia? (And can't help but notice this account has been created less than one hour ago)
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The claim is the Russian rich folk commit criminal acts. The method is civil forfeiture. The outcome is nothing need be proven, the assertion is sufficient. “We are already working with our international partners to freeze and seize properties belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarchs worldwide,” said Attorney General Garland. “We will continue to work together to take all appropriate actions against those whose crim…
> Russia is party to several international treaties that allow it to be sued outside of Russian courts if it doesn't uphold intellectual property law... > The outcome is nothing need be proven, the assertion is sufficient... There seem to be inconsistent messages in this thread. Do we need to prove anything to take stuff off the Russians or don't we?
Isn't it like it has always been in human history? You don't need to prove anything if your goal is total destruction of your enemy and everything associated with them. Just do what you think will harm them the most. Until the total destruction of one or another side. Or the whole humanity.
The only thing I don't understand here is why some people act surprised when that same enemy fight back using the same or similar means? Like seizing property and assets of companies, citizens, and administration of one state, and then complaining that intellectual property of your administration, company, or citizens might not be respected in that same country?
Thought they had already left. Good decision for Russia and for Russians' health, to be honest.
I don't think McDonalds & Co are such a big health-negative in other countries as it is in the US. I've never met someone who's obese from eating Maccas in Sweden, they're obese because they eat more calories than they burn. Calling a food unhealty is quite silly to me, anything is unhealty if you consume it in unhealty amounts. The above statements obviously exclude things like cyanide and other things designed to k…
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I don't understand why anyone would call it "good". Cheap and convenient maybe, appeals to kids, somewhere to stop on a long journey in the middle of the night. There are so many options that are tastier, more interesting and more nutritious. It's not even in the top 5 best burger franchises in my town. [apologies if you're joking, and even if you aren't you're still entitled to your opinion]
I'm not even it's still cheap where I live in France. But I agree that's convenient and there's not a lot of surprises in what you're getting