A senior Russian lawmaker on March 5 suggested that McDonald's and Coca-Cola should leave Russia due to Washington's confrontation with Moscow over Ukraine. "Don't McDonald's and Coca-Cola want to support [President Barack] Obama's sanctions and rid us of their products?" tweeted Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee. "They would stick to principles and we would be healthier," he added.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Moscow Times: Senior Russian lawmaker suggests McDonald’s and Coca-Cola leave Russia
People sit on the terrace of a closed McDonald's restaurant, the first to be opened in the Soviet Union in 1990, in Moscow on August 21, 2014.
