Russian
courts on Wednesday ordered the temporary closure of three McDonald's (MCD.N)
restaurants in Moscow over breaches of sanitary rules, news agencies reported,
amid a standoff with the West over Ukraine.
The
restaurants on Moscow's Manezh square, under the walls of the Kremlin, at
Pushkin Square and on Prospect Mira have been closed since last week following
an order from state food safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.
Rospotrebnadzor
has so far ordered the temporary closure of a total of five McDonald's
restaurants in Russia. Sweeping checks, including unscheduled inspections, have
been
