McDonald’s is selling its business in Russia to entrepreneur Alexander Govor, the deal said. The businessman is the founder of the GiD company, which manages 25 McDonald’s restaurants in Novosibirsk, Berdsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Barnaul and Krasnoyarsk.
It is also reported that restaurants will have to operate under a new brand, while jobs must be retained by the staff of existing restaurants for at least two years.