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04-05-2014, 01:50 AM
McDonald's 'Temporarily' Shutters All Its Restaurants in Crimea
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McDonald's an**unced that it has "temporarily" shut down all three of its restaurants in Crimea, the formerly auto**mous region of Ukraine recently annexed by Russia.
The company said on Friday (http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/Media-Statements/Crimea-Closings) that it had ** choice but to shutter its*restaurants in the cities of Yalta,*Simferopol and Sevastopol due to the "suspension of necessary financial and banking services," presumably a reference to United States-imposed sanctions against Russia that froze certain bank funds
See also: NASA Cuts Ties With Russia's Space Agency — Except on the ISS (http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/nasa-russia-ukraine-space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"Like many other multi-national companies, McDonald's is currently evaluating potential business and regulatory implications which may result from the evolving situation in Crimea," the company said in a statement (http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/Media-Statements/Crimea-Closings) on its website. "We believe it is prudent and responsible to sort through these details thoroughly." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/mcdonalds-shuts-down-crimea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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McDonald's an**unced that it has "temporarily" shut down all three of its restaurants in Crimea, the formerly auto**mous region of Ukraine recently annexed by Russia.
The company said on Friday (http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/Media-Statements/Crimea-Closings) that it had ** choice but to shutter its*restaurants in the cities of Yalta,*Simferopol and Sevastopol due to the "suspension of necessary financial and banking services," presumably a reference to United States-imposed sanctions against Russia that froze certain bank funds
See also: NASA Cuts Ties With Russia's Space Agency — Except on the ISS (http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/nasa-russia-ukraine-space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"Like many other multi-national companies, McDonald's is currently evaluating potential business and regulatory implications which may result from the evolving situation in Crimea," the company said in a statement (http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/Media-Statements/Crimea-Closings) on its website. "We believe it is prudent and responsible to sort through these details thoroughly." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/mcdonalds-shuts-down-crimea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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