The Story of the First McDonald’s in Moscow

Including Boris Yeltsin who later became the 1st President of Russia

As it turned out, potatoes grown in Russia did not fit the McDonald’s standards and the company had to start everything from the scratch. Experts and necessary potato tubers for planting were specially brought in from the US. At that time, the situation in the country of the Soviets was not very optimistic and there were no chance of profit.