Logo on McDonald's fast food restaurant buildingWASHINGTON, Mar 8 McDonald's to temporarily close in Russia 850 fast food restaurants, said CEO Chris Kempchinski. According to the statement, McDonald's employs 62,000 people in Russia who have «invested their heart and soul» in this brand. «At the same time, our values mean that we cannot ignore meaningless human suffering happening in Ukraine,» Kempczynski said. all its restaurants in Russia and suspend all operations in the market.» We are talking about a total of 850 restaurants. The company noted that they understand what impact this will have «on Russian colleagues and partners.» In this regard, it is emphasized that wages will be preserved for all McDonald's employees in Russia. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized. IKEA is losing Russia
