Local firm has taken over the first original macdonald's branch in moscowand reopened it under the name tasty. The customers we spoke to were love in it. Your tell me, war tinon s can do farce food just as well, raville tells me. And as for western sanctions and global brands leaving russia, we are very tough people. You can't scare us.
The 1990 opening of a McDonald's in Russia heralded not just burgers and fries but, get this, a new era of peace and prosperity. The Economist’s Patrick Foulis explains how the promises of globalization never entirely materialized.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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