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By Odin.Godofgods 2014-07-25 16:31:09
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Russia: McDonald's food has 'too many calories'

MOSCOW (AP) - Nearly a quarter-century after McDonald's startled and delighted Soviets with their first taste of American fast-food culture, the company's now facing a suit that could ban it from selling some of its signature products.

The Russian consumer protection agency said Friday it is taking the company to court for selling foods that contain more fats and carbohydrates than are allowed by national regulations.

The suit comes amid especially high tensions between Moscow and Washington over the Ukraine crisis; the United States has slapped an array of sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine for allegedly supporting separatist rebels who are fighting in eastern Ukraine.

There's no demonstrable connection between the McDonald's suit and the tensions, but the consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has a history of actions that appear to dovetail Russia's political agenda. As tensions between Russia and Georgia escalated before their 2008 war, Russia banned the import of Georgian wine and mineral water — two of its major export products — for failing to meet sanitary norms. Last year, as tensions heated up over Ukraine's desire to sign a trade pact with the European Union, Russia banned imports of chocolates made by the company of Petro Poroshenko, a tycoon who supported the EU deal and is now Ukraine's president.

Rospotrebnadzor said on its website that it brought the case after inspections of two of the company's restaurants in Novgorod.

According to the statement, some food was found with microbial contamination and several items had caloric values two to three times higher than allowed by national regulations. Products that were mentioned for incorrect nutritional information were cheeseburgers, Royal Cheeseburgers — the local equivalent of the Quarter Pounder — fish sandwiches and several milkshake varieties.

The suits asks that sale of McDonald's products that do not meet the regulations be declared illegal, but it was not clear what penalty the company could face. The two restaurants in Novgorod were to be fined 70,000 rubles ($2,100).

McDonald's prompted the ire of Russian nationalists earlier this year after it closed its outlets in Crimea.

The animosity is a far cry from the fascination that Muscovites had for McDonald's when it opened its first outlet in the Soviet Union in 1990; customers waited in hours-long lines to experience the efficient service and reliable availability of items — rare novelties in the Soviet era.

After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, other American and European chains staked out their own territory. Russian malls now have food courts virtually identical to America's, except that Cinnabon, Sbarro and other familiar names are written in Cyrillic.

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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-07-25 16:33:07
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Told ya they were switching to Burger King instead.
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By Dawn Charis 2014-07-25 19:52:30
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I think this is a good thing
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By Fenrir.Mariane 2014-07-25 20:03:20
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Hm...

Maybe it has more to do with this than Ukraine and Crimea...

http://rt.com/business/174896-china-food-scandal-detained/
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2014-07-25 20:40:55
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Russia seems intent on seeing how far Vodka and Year Round Blizzards can keep a population begrudgingly complacent.
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By Odin.Godofgods 2014-07-26 11:55:52
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Odin.Zicdeh said: »
Russia seems intent on seeing how far Vodka and Year Round Blizzards can keep a population begrudgingly complacent.

Considering there long history and that noone (as far as i can remember) that has attacked them has ever won...
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By fonewear 2014-07-26 11:56:31
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I'm sure the burgers in Russia taste just as bad as American burgers.
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By angrykitty 2014-07-26 11:59:23
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This is worse than oil! Everyone should be entitled to a quarter-pounder with cheese and freedom fries! Ramp up the troops, let's go to war!
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2014-07-26 12:03:40
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Odin.Godofgods said: »
Odin.Zicdeh said: »
Russia seems intent on seeing how far Vodka and Year Round Blizzards can keep a population begrudgingly complacent.

Considering there long history and that noone (as far as i can remember) that has attacked them has ever won...

Except for Joseph Stalin I guess.
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By fonewear 2014-07-26 12:04:19
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Odin.Zicdeh said: »
Odin.Godofgods said: »
Odin.Zicdeh said: »
Russia seems intent on seeing how far Vodka and Year Round Blizzards can keep a population begrudgingly complacent.

Considering there long history and that noone (as far as i can remember) that has attacked them has ever won...

Except for Joseph Stalin I guess.

I think Stalin liked mayo on his Big Mac.
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