roman something happened over the past 24 hours. mcdonald s closing all its restaurants in russia. huge symbolism. rewind to 1990 when the first mcdonald s in moscow opened. this showed that russia was a part of the world. russia had joined globalization and the west and the russian people were the beneficiaries of things like a mcdonald s. now mcdonald s is announcing it is temporarily closing all of its locations in the country joining a long, long list of companies who have suspended or completely pulled out of the russian market because of the risk that putin and his ambition and paranoia means for their own business and for their neighbors. look at all of these companies. just yesterday mcdonald s, pepsi, starbucks, coke announced they would be pulling out. shell. we heard shell yesterday. because they can t operate in the country anymore, right, if russian oil and energy is going to be sanctioned. this is a really big isolation
new dove men stress-relief body wash. with a plant-based adaptogen, helps alleviate stress on skin. so you can get back in sync. new dove men. a restorative shower for body and mind. it was just a few months after the berlin wall fell january 1990. the soviet union was still intact. barely. it was starting to unravel. when mcdonald s the very symbol of american capitals and opened its first store in moscow. at the height of the economic reform under president mikhail gorbachev. it was located in push and square. it was a very, very big deal. this was the front page of the washington post on the day that the store opened. a one below the fold was on the mcdonald s titled quote moscow plays catch-up. get, it catch up.
through all the russians. 30,000 of them eager to try american fast food. for the first-time. 20 years later after that historical in 2010. mcdonald s executives veggie did the location as part of an effort to highlight its successful expansion interests up. at that point the pushkin square restaurant had become a normal part of life in russia. having served 130 million customers. earlier this month that mcdonald s in pushkin square were closed. along with every other mcdonald s store in the country. among countless other brands. as part of the global response to the russian president vladimir putin s war of aggression in ukraine. it s hard to see and not think that in a matter of four weeks vladimir putin has taken russia back 30 years in terms of prosperity and economics. the country is back where it started after communism. isolated for most of the western world. a new iron curtain has fallen. it s not all that clear what happens next.
rick, as always thank you for a time rick hasen. still to, come how vladimir putin s is by way of mcdonald s in moscow. that story is next. moscow that story is next that story is next (thank you, have a nice day.) (trumpet solo) (bell dings) (pages slipping) (trumpet solo) (typing) (bell dings) (cheering (typing) (trumpet solo) i recommend nature made vitamins, because i trust their quality. they were the first to be verified by usp, an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. this is vuity™, the first and only fda approved eye-drop
it is a collective response to humility to some degree. that is problematic because a lot of russians not listening to putin s propaganda. and the propaganda is blatant in russian culture. the west is out to get you, wants to deprive you of all of these burgers, and binds and in fact after mcdonald s closed the next day the matryoshka trucks, the russian nesting goals with the image of the nesting doll is parked right there. the globalization, so a lot of russians also getting mad not only at putin but as the west as well. it s the balancing act that putin is using with propaganda especially tv propaganda. that russia s stand against the world. because the world wants to punish russia for being independent. standing up to united states. with its mcdonald s and it s