New York, Mar 8 (EFE).- McDonald’s is to temporarily shut down 850 restaurants in Russia, the United States fast-food chain announced on Tuesday nearly two weeks after president Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.
“We cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine,” the company, a symbol of American culture, said in a statement.
The company will continue to pay the salaries of its 62,000 employees in Russia, suppliers and other stakeholders, the statement added.
McDonald’s pointed out that it has been operating in the country for over 30 years, serving “millions of Russian customers each day.”
“The conflict in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Europe has caused unspeakable suffering to innocent people. As a System, we join the world in condemning aggression and violence and praying for peace,” it added.
McDonald’s and Coca Cola have been coming under increasing pressure to halt their activity in Russia, following in the footsteps of other companies such as Nike, Apple and Microsoft. EFE
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It’s the battle of the clowns, Ronald McDonald vs Putin the pudding head, now shot down in a Big Mac attack. When they finally kiss and make up Ronald should send him a radioactive Milkshake, like Putin sent former Ukrainian President Yushchenko.
YET MORE virtue signaling from commucrat companies…
It appears that some private corporations are taking initiatives during the Ukraine crisis that the Biden administration doesn’t want to take or is hampered by radical idiology that they so easily embrace in spite of public opinion and the actual viability of those schemes. Speak of energy, speak of international relations, speak of pandemic, speak of economy!
THEY are only doing this, because WE THEIR customers are bashing them for NOT ALREADY doing it… SO i wouldn’t give them much credit.
If they REALLY wanted to hurt the russians, they would leave them open, and build more.
It is nice to see that these corporation “woke” up to do the right thing.