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The man, identified as Luka Safronov, was filmed organizing his protest hours before the burger giant is due to temporarily close.
It can be learned from the international media that the man was arrested by the police who dragged him away from the chaotic scene.
McDonald’s released a statement where the company’s president and CEO, Chris Kempckinski, explained to employees that closing stores was the right thing to do.
The closing of the restaurants McDonald’s in Russia It has left many people sad in that country. From long lines Even resold menus on auction pages and online sales have been breathed these weeks after the announcement of the American fast food chain to close its 850 stores in Russia due to the war in Ukraine, like the Russian man who chains himself to a restaurant in Moscow.
According to data from Statista, McDonald’s has been present in the Russian country since January 1990. In addition, The statistics platform details that in 2020, there were a total of 39.1 thousand McDonald’s restaurants around the world, a figure that has grown year after year for the last decade.
McDonald’s owns in Russia 850 restaurants which is equivalent to 84% of its locations in the country, unlike other big fast food brands that are owned by franchisees, including KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks and Burger King.
Given these data, the story of a Russian man recently transcends because he chained himself to one of his restaurants in signing the golden arches in Moscow in a last ditch attempt to keep it open.
It was learned through social networks that the subject identified as Luka Safronov, was filmed organizing his protest hours before the burger giant is set to temporarily close.
“Closing is an act of hostility against me and my fellow citizens!” shouted Safronov and filmed by other customers.
Rus ressam Nikas Safronov’un oğlu Luka Zatravkin, Rusya’da McDonald’s şubelerinin kapatılma kararını protest etmek için kendisini Moskova’daki firma şubesinin kapılarına kelepçeledi. pic.twitter.com/QIpt7bz2XW
— Fernando (@Capoferoo) March 14, 2022
Also, I can be known by international media that the man was detained by the police who dragged him away from the chaotic scene.
#14Mar Russian pianist Luka Safronov for handcuffing himself to the door of a McDonald’s in Moscow to reject the company leaving Russia. In the musician’s opinion, it is an act of hostility against him and his countrymen.📹pic.twitter.com/REJpZDmdXk
— Nicmer Evans (@NicmerEvans) March 14, 2022
Remember that McDonald’s released a statement where the president and CEO of the company, Chris Kempckinskiexplain to the employees that closing the stores was the right thing to do.
“As we move forward, McDonald’s will continue to assess the situation and determine if additional action is required,” he wrote in a letter to workers.
Chaos at McDonald’s in Russia
The desperation of the Russians after the announcement was shown in the publications of some people on online sales platforms such as Avito, which was filled with various posts from people trying to sell McDonald’s food at extremely exorbitant prices.
In the publications that have been circulating since Friday, it can be seen that the sale of the food includes everything, as are the burgers and drinks to individual sauce packets at stake.
While in one of the publications a seller sells for 104,000 rubles a cherry pie from McDonald’s, the equivalent of more than 800 US dollars and almost sixteen thousand Mexican pesos. While another charged 50,000 rubles, or more than 400 dollars or more than seven thousand Mexican pesos, for a “collection of sauces” of the firm.
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