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The McDonald's restaurant chain may resume work in Russia under a different brand, Izvestia reports, citing two sources in the food market.

In Russia, it is necessary to establish a special working regime for returning Western companies in order to monitor product prices.

Russians began to visit shopping centers on average 15% less, said Dmitry Moskalenko, president of the Russian Council of Shopping Centers (RSTC).

The contract still specifies the price in euros, the cryptocurrency is converted at the exchange rate, the commission is only from 1.5 to 3%.

Exports of US goods to Russia in March 2022 fell almost fivefold in value terms — to $101.1 million — compared with $497.5 million in February 2022 and $476.3 million in March last year

The new owner was Indian businessman Vikas Soi, head of the coffee producer Milagro Beverage Company.

This trend began in the middle of last year and since then it has not been possible to reverse the situation — negative dynamics has been observed for the tenth month in a row.

Refusal to purchase Russian gas may lead to the loss of about 565 thousand jobs in Italy, the newspaper Corriere della Sera writes.

Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Birichevsky called reports of a shortage of coffee in the country in connection with the sanctions horror stories.

Turkey's Antalya is experiencing a boom in property prices due to demand from foreigners.

The State Duma is developing a bill that provides for a double tax deduction when buying a home.

Russia's special operation in Ukraine led to the fact that in the United States there was a record rise in food prices since the early 1980s.

Many foreign companies make false statements about their withdrawal from the Russian market, said Natalya Kasperskaya, chairman of the board of the Association of Software Developers "Domestic Soft".

Russia is the largest market in Europe, so abandoning it is hardly in the plans of foreign companies.

The drink will be sold in stores in the UK, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Austria and other countries.