The Russian food-safety inspection agency says the surprise spot-checks of McDonald's restaurants will continue in the Krasnodar region, Reuters flashed, citing RIA Novosti. So that's Moscow, Sverdlovsk, and now Krasnodar.
This Moscow-based Twitter account (@shaveddinov in Russian) is taking the McDonald's closures seriously, listing the various local providers for McDonald's food. Here's one tweet that says "most of the buns for McDonald's in Russia are made by the East Balt bakery in Moscow."
This one quips: "When they came for Jean-Jacques I was silent, when they came for McDonald's..."
Former Pussy Rioter @tolokno (Nadya Tolokonnikova). "Try to explain to Americans or Europeans why closing McDonald's upsets you. They'll look at you like a lowlife :-)"
As Russia's economy falters:
An ITAR-TASS flash: Trucks with Russian humanitarian cargo start moving to Ukrainian border.
But unclear to me if by "to border" they mean beyond the no-man's zone that the eight trucks entered yesterday.
Ukrainian Finance Economy Minister Pavlo Sheremeta says he's resigning, casting a further pall on Kyiv's efforts to get the economy under control and meet its debts.
He added on Facebook that "So instead of another fight with yesterday's system, I decided to concentrate on working with the people who will create tomorrow's system."