MOSCOW: Sunday marks a new dawn for Russia\u2019s fast-food lovers as former McDonald\u2019s Corp MCD.N restaurants reopen under new branding and ownership, more than three decades after the arrival of the hugely popular Western fast food chain. The relaunch will begin on Russia Day (June 12), a patriotic holiday celebrating the country\u2019s independence, at the same flagship location in Moscow\u2019s Pushkin Square where McDonald\u2019s first opened in Russia in January 1990. In the early 1990s, as the Soviet Union crumbled, McDonald\u2019s came to embody a thawing of Cold War tensions and was a vehicle for millions of Russians to sample American food and culture. The brand\u2019s exit is now a powerful symbol of how Russia and the West are once again turning their backs on each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW: Sunday marks a new dawn for Russia\u2019s fast-food lovers as former McDonald\u2019s Corp MCD.N restaurants reopen under new branding and ownership, more than three decades after the arrival of the hugely popular Western fast food chain. The relaunch will begin on Russia Day (June 12), a patriotic holiday celebrating the country\u2019s independence, at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n