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KFC Franchisees In Russia Ask Government To Halt Sale Of Stores To Local Operator - RIA

A number of KFC franchisees in Russia have asked the government to stop the sale of the Yum! Brands restaurant business to the local operator, the RIA news...

Mixed Emotions As McDonald's Leaves Kazakhstan

Workers removed the branding from McDonald's outlets in Kazakhstan's biggest city, Almaty, on Friday 6 January after the fast food giant's local business a...

Aeroflot Boss Calls For 'State Protectionism' To Defend Russian Aviation

The head of Russia's state-controlled airline, Aeroflot, has called on the Russian government to "balance the interests" of Russian and foreign a...

Champagne Makers Celebrate Record Sales

Champagne sales are expected to reach a new record in 2022, despite inflation that could have made consumers shun the expensive bubbly, producers said ahea...

Russia's McDonald's Successor Replacing Big Mac With 'Big Hit'

Starved of Big Macs since McDonald's Corp closed its Russian restaurants in March, Russians will from next year be treated to an alternative from...

AmRest Sells Its KFC Restaurant Business In Russia For €100m

Madrid-based restaurant operator AmRest said on Tuesday 6 December it agreed to sell its KFC restaurant business in Russia for at least €100...

Russian October Airline Traffic Down 25% Under Sanctions

Passenger numbers on Russian airlines were 25% lower in October 2022 compared with a year earlier, the Rosstat state statistics service said...

Kazakh McDonald's Shut Outlets Temporarily After Halting Supplies From Russia - Sources

McDonald's licensee in Kazakhstan was forced to temporarily close its restaurants this month after cutting ties with Russian companies and running out...