date:Aug 25, 2014
Russian authorities are not planning to close the McDonald's chain in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted saying on Saturday, after inspectors visited a number of restaurants run by the fast-food company.
No one is talking about it at all (a ban on McDonald's in Russia), Dvorkovich was quoted saying by Itar-Tass news agency,
in what could be a reprieve for the food chain, which considers Russia as one of its top markets.
Russia's food safety watchdog has launched i