Russia's New McDonalds 'Replacement' 🇷🇺

In the light of recent events between Russia and Ukraine, many Western brands left Russia in the midst of all the sanctions, including the world famous fast food chain McDonald's. Well, don't fret, because Russia has an answer - a bootleg McDonalds fast food chain called "Vkusno i tochka" that is meant to replace McDs in Russia! It was opened a few days ago in the same spot as the first McDonalds in the USSR in 1990, and it was quite a spectacular event. As I covered in my "Fast Food in USSR: A History" video, the opening of the 1st McDonald's was a sign of the Iron Curtain going down. Now it's going back up. Let's check out what this new fake Russian McDonalds is all about and if it's better than the legendary burger chain McBurger. Smash like and sub for more thx xoxo
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[@starfrost6816]

It's not a ripoff, it's a special rebranding operation!

[@Frankie._.164]

lol 💀

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@martinmartinmartinnmartin1380]

Wow

[@THO-BRO2000]

+@@slimlucas888 You don't get the comment

[@pedroalmeida9596]

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[@RayMak]

The guy who is responsible to cover the M logo of every sauce has muscles now

[@rihasanatrofolo2472]

You didn't go viral. Another Ray spam L.

[@customfantasyhotwheels]

HAS* "The guy HAS muscles now."

[@lurji]

408k subs pulling 1k views or less a video, how sad lmao

[@Pidalin]

the guy serve the soviet union well

[@RayMak]

@@customfantasyhotwheels sorry I overlooked that. Hugs

[@zerotsolar9742]

Actually I respect that they just covered the logo and didn’t let the food to waste…

[@HELLF1RE9]

That is actually really good even though it looks worse

[@changeyouryoutubechannelna1434]

Cant waste food when you don’t have any more food

[@OiRyo7]

@@changeyouryoutubechannelna1434 yeah, there's no food in russia except cheap mcdonald's burgers

[@richardshiflett5181]

It will waste as Russia lacks the supply chain that makes McDonald's king

[@themanfromdystopia807]

@@changeyouryoutubechannelna1434 Russia's shelves are full, it's the rest of Europe that's pushing sanctions that only hurt their own people.

[@marcheck3400]

Being a non Russian, geopolitics aside, and in the context of Russian fast food industry this might be the beginning of a good thing. If they can localize their supply chain as much as possible it will be much better for Russia in the long run. As long as they don't half ass it. This is besides the point but re reading the menus in Cyrilic, but is essentially English, feels really bizarre.

[@snowdogthewolf]

"As long as they don't half ass it"... Russia half-assage? If they maintain this venture like they do their military, expect mold spots on buns and meat spoilage. The new Declinare Ruthenia that will make the history books as a time of shame for Russia.

[@TenositSergeich]

"Don't half-ass" is alien to Russian... anything, honestly. This country simply does not have established tradition of following required rules and precautions, adhering to strict norms, resolving problems through rule-outlined means, anything like that. I doubt many Russians will agree with this direct statement, but they will collaborate it if you ask them about bureacracy, education, work ethic, city planning and ruling, anything. From military to architecture to economy to industry, including food industry, is done "aby kak" - no matter how well, as long as visibility of action exists. And, "possible it will be much better for Russia" - no. If Russia claims to have only gotten stronger from sanctions... why didn't they restrict their interractions with foreign economics earlier?

[@ieatmikuhairforbreakfast]

@@snowdogthewolf yeah, it already happens, moldy buns and bugs in food are already a norm and i have no idea how dod this even happened

[@richardshiflett5181]

It isn't. Russia doesn't have a reliable supply chain to keep this up long term. They're just using stuff they forced McDonald's to leave behind.

[@Patterrz]

McDonalds fries in a sterile looking white container feels so wrong

[@flitsertheo]

It looks like the former East-German Democratic Republic "Ersatzverpackung". As production had to continue when they ran out of packaging the first stage was to use a similar products' packaging and slap a few stickers on it, the second stage was to use a blank cardboard box with only some basic information hand-stamped on it.

[@kojdek]

sup Patterrz i wish you some shiny luck

[@paulheydarian1281]

They should dye the top half sky blue to represent the UKranian flag.

[@BlankNames111]

@Tomar Foodist okay wanna be nazi

[@TheCaptWulf]

They are white because russia is running out of printer ink😹

[@jkitty542]

"This is what Russia is now. We have to eat bootleg McDonalds and pretend like shit is okay." Honestly an incredible summary of the situation, Roman.

[@radiksadekov78]

No it’s not. This guy is a wanna be European and needs to leave Russia. The situation in Russia right now is great. We couldn’t be happier to have disgusting American brands leave

[@ZemplinTemplar]

A very "Keep in line, citizens..." situation, indeed.

[@Player-re9mo]

I mean, they just changed the logo, it could have been worse.

[@xyupizdagovno]

That's a same MC. All profit goes to original MC's owner

[@JustDeichan]

Yeah... Meanwile KFC and Burger King still work (BK never actually say anything about "leaving"), so i dont really understand what is all about.

[@mtjakubec]

taking "We have McDonald's at home" to a whole new level

[@JanuszKrysztofiak]

That reminds me of the words of a certain Polish entrepreneur (years ago). He said that he found a St. Petersburg-based company with very interesting medical products he would gladly cooperate with, yet he is not going to do so because in the case of Russia there is a constant risk of foreign politics disrupting trade (that was the time when Russia put an embargo on Polish apples). I wonder if anybody estimated the cost of the opportunities lost by Russian businesses or missed direct foreign investment due to Putin's action.

[@XVRMEDIA]

I’m currently closing a deal to buy Russian sanctioned products. Importing them into Turkey and then into Europe as Turkish products 🤣

[@vinnie-chan]

Anybody who can think and can reflect have thought about it for thousands times. The problem is russian people, watching TV, just can not think.

[@NumbDiggers1998]

Pootin badd Jewlensky gud

[@Mental_bloke]

Then he’s a fake entrepreneur. Real G don’t care neither about nationalities nor politics

[@hylacinerea970]

my mom got so shocked when i told her mcdonald’s left! she said she watched the original broadcast about the first soviet mcdonald’s, and was really surprised to see police officers doing “anything other than standing in front of big buildings”

[@The_Gallowglass]

lol

[@combinemetrocop4213]

There goes our nostalgia

[@irinafromrussialove]

HELLO TO ALL FROM SIBERIA

[@combinemetrocop4213]

@@irinafromrussialove zdravo

[@sverrg]

We actually have a bootleg McDonalds in Iceland that is identical and run in the same place as McD was before they left the country after the financial crash. It's called Metro and has basically exactly the same products and experience as McDonalds. So this happens in first world countries too, given a bank crash or two

[@DeveusBelkan]

Not to diss on Iceland, but there is one major difference. McDonald's isn't ever going to consider Iceland a priority because the market is equivalent of a mid-sized city in America. It has SOME value, but if they lose out on it, they will easily manage. But for McDonalds to look at a market of 150 million people and say they are out -- that's a big statement.

[@EmmaWithoutOrgans]

Just gonna put this out there, financial crashes are kind of evidence things aren’t too great in the west either

[@pouncepounce7417]

@@EmmaWithoutOrgans Crashes can happen in any systhem (if the people running it fuck up) the west though is at least honest about it. Russia just forces people to buy rubble, China just declares how much money or commodity is worth.

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

@@EmmaWithoutOrgans Utopia doesn't exist

[@JustAlice_Mai]

I saw a pic of their food…they look exactly the same as the McDonald’s at where I live, especially their Big Macs

[@zephel8681]

They made the: we have this at home meme reality 😂

[@belgianlettuce5409]

💀

[@TheGrace020]

Fr 😭

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@martindejong3974]

@@slimlucas888 Then they probably visited the city of hamburg located at the east sea, and it became popular there. I have always thought that the idea of a really well pounded piece of meat actually came from the horse riders in the steppes, the mongols, that put a piece of meat between their horses and the saddle.

[@nou712]

@@slimlucas888 15 rubles deposited to your non functional bank account.

[@BeamngTV]

In Slovakia you can find 3 Triple's which is basically a MCDonalds 😃 But this restaurant is just in the one city called "Komárno"

[@christopherj8089]

i swear youtube unsubbed me from your channel, 2 days ago it said I was subbed to you

[@BeamngTV]

@@christopherj8089 It's happening to me as well.. KZbin unsubbed me from some channels I use to watch.

[@christopherj8089]

@@BeamngTV oof

[@charlotteteleki6934]

prosím, presné meno podniku, idem cvičiť maďarčinu na juh 😂

[@bevharris3750]

I remember our tour group stopping for lunch at McDonald's in Slovakia in 2006.

[@jonlenihan4798]

Given the circumstances, the new owner likely did not have to come up with much cash. For McDonalds, it was a forced sale of a property of known value (McDonalds knows what the costs, sales, profits of their operation were) to a known partner. It's likely that the new owner is paying a percentage of the profits to McDonalds in the form of a long term debt. McDonalds is likely providing technical and management support, using its former McDonalds Russian tech and management, behind the scenes. The agreement, allowing McDonalds to buy back the asset within fifteen years, gives the game away.

[@Jehowy666]

Ruble is worthless and you can't do payments in rubles so the new owner can't pay McDonalds percentage of profits. I doubt, that we would see McDonalds or any western corporation in next fifteen years, orcs have to pay for they decisions.

[@sko1beer]

if it starts promoting the same asian macd limited edition items it will be even more obvious

[@nick4506]

there is now way the clown would drop that land willingly without a way to get it back. i know that misubishi owns the franchise rights to KFC in japan and they do some other funky stuff with the menu. maybe its something similar but they are changing the look and packageing.

[@diane9247]

I agree. McDonald's (plus Walmart Coke, et al) is the emperor of American capitalism. No way McD would walk away from all that property.

[@Mkoivuka]

This is how it's usually done in normal times. Actual compensation in sign-on is a small fraction of the total calculated business volume, which is depreciated for loss of brand value. But there are other "hooks" in the contract that are designed to trap you. For example the re-sale of the McD franchise onto someone else is most likely going to be contingent on compensation to McD.

[@sejozwak]

Tsarbucks next

[@NOTLeavingLV]

You win KZbin comments for today.

[@Oraceon]

The World: McDonalds Russia: A Tasty Period

[@99ron30]

I suppose an egg qualifies as a tasty period. And they serve egg muffins.

[@RubbishGimpy]

McBumbaclots

[@egilsandnes9637]

The logo binds everything together nicely. It depicts two chips and a dash of ketchup ... or "tasty period". It't even a small circle ... so a period.

[@user-wj3yr7xr2f]

eeewwww disgusting 😂😂😂

[@tyomikshkolnik7988]

Роман, тебе честно везёт. Обычно русских ютьюберов не слушают. Я рад что есть кто то кто доносит новости до иностранцев.

[@magnum32b]

Geez, "It's tasty, Period"? The Russian government might as well go full meme and just call it "Obey", lmao.

[@MrSmithington]

The most truthful part is that these companies don’t care about Ukrainian. They care about themselves. well said Roman bro 👌

[@adam.wild.]

Like mcdonalds cares about anything other than profit when they sell food that will kill you.

[@operatorraul]

so true man

[@AxeltheKing1000]

So true

[@peerappel2012]

What does that mean exactly? Off course they need to present positive figures to their shareholders so profit is important to companies, but they already moved out of Russia which they didn't have to do. I'm curious: What do you think McDonald's could have done more to show they care about Ukraine?

[@iplyrunescape305]

@@peerappel2012 the agreement behind the sale is not disclosed. I'm quite certain somewhere in that agreement it says McDonald's can and probably will buy it back in a decade or so after everyone has calmed down about the war and no one cares anymore. McDonald's ain't losing that cash, they ain't dumb.

[@catmanx5487]

Don't worry bro.. only western countries don't want to play with Russia but they are just minority.. 70% of the world are with you.. your country gonna lead the world and soon all Russians gonna say "I'm Lovin' It" 👍😁🇷🇺

[@tysoncodes]

Honestly its good they reused the sauces that were already around, its better than throwing them away. And with international relations being where they are right now for them to even go so far as to observe the copywrites is something positive in my book.

[@manjelos]

Well, they could at least add some sticker with "new brand". But yes, better as to throw away. Think, Roman point is that how bad is this copy and nothing original and how every one need to pretend everything is ok

[@combinemetrocop4213]

McDonald's food is kind of sort of immortal

[@paulm749]

@@combinemetrocop4213 In the sense that their food is indestructible? Like it will survive exposure to nuclear radiation and not taste any different? Yeah, you're probably right. I found a box of McD fries under the passenger seat of my truck that must have been there for months, and besides being a little dry and tasteless, wasn't really much different than "fresh".

[@combinemetrocop4213]

@@paulm749 mold cannot grow on McDonald's food

[@Basically-Retarded]

@@combinemetrocop4213 not only that but literally u find it anywhere, it grows anywhere so to speak i went to some third world countries which had restricted trade with the u.s / the west and god damn bootleg the fastfood chain were everywhere. they had mc king, king donald, golden m and even unrelated shit like King Electronics with a lolo reminiscent to the burger king logo.

[@Sclera_Band_Official]

From „I’m lovin it“ to „you must love it“

[@colingregson8653]

Else you get beaten up !!.

[@JaneRumes-xc3ns]

You MUST!

[@pricessLeopard112]

Is the Georgian McDonald's menu also substantially different from the typical western ones? Would love to see a part 2 to your Russian McDonald's video tbh but in Georgia this time!

[@hasanaliakhmedov6826]

No, not really, it is just your average McDonalds

[@stuart4341]

I've been to McDonalds all around the world, most of them are the same with the only one being significantly different is the one in China. The one I saw in Kutaisi didn't look special Edit: I forgot to mention some McDonalds serve alcohol so that's cool.

[@irakli58]

sadly nothing special :(

[@DemeDemetre]

No, its the same.

[@LizzyS57]

It’s the same menu, but actually tastes great. I remember moving to Europe and trying local McDonald’s for the first time. Georgian one is proper tasty / feels really good quality less greasy fast food vibe. It’s premium McDonald’s id say 😂

[@silverrain940]

I'm from the Philippines and living in Canada for the last 16 years. and i can't even remember the last time I ate at McDonald's (I'm guessing maybe 7-8 years ago), and I would pass by their store twice a week everytime I do my grocery shopping and no urge to eat there. 😁

[@goldendragon8393]

Canada is a communist country. You went from bad to worse lol

[@williammadray7818]

The mcflurry machine should be named "OURS WORKS!" period.

[@Cursedschnitzel]

Actually in Russia there was almost no such thing as "broken ice cream machine" and you could always get every type of ice cream everywhere.

[@combinemetrocop4213]

Ice cream machine works at gunpoint. очень хорошо.

[@lucadipaolo1997]

@@Cursedschnitzel same in Brazil, it basically always works.

[@alukuhito]

Good point.

[@LongandWeirdName]

US ice cream machines also work. But if you ever worked there and went through basic training... You would not whine about the employees saying they don't. Especially, since we're talking about the US that is absolutely horrible to employees. Not just McDonald's. All companies in the country. Don't believe me? Work abroad for a year. You'll miss your family for decades.

[@denisemeredith2436]

Roman, it would be good to see a comparison between a Georgian McDonalds and the Russian Bootleg McDonalds.

[@DemeDemetre]

Georgian? what do you mean? we have normal McDonalds. Also, we have one exotic one in Batumi.

[@EwanZNfeest]

100% this

[@fmf5304]

@@DemeDemetre it will taste different from country to country, im from Canada and the McDonald's i had in France was way better quality

[@DemeDemetre]

@@fmf5304 Well, all i can say is that coca cola is much better than the European one. we have amazing waters here in Georgia.

[@anzorunono4967]

@@DemeDemetre we have the mcrib all year round though

[@noizeuk]

"Tasty Period" two words which should never be used as a name for a product.

[@snoiperfangirl]

Tbf the word точка is not an innuendo in Russian, so it's fine, but the translation is hilarious.

[@KuzcoYT]

From my understanding McDonalds had it in their sale contract that they could buyback all the Russian Former McDonalds within 15 years so in theory this is just most likely just a temporary arrangement and eventually McDonalds will buyback all the Stores in the future, whether it be a year from now or 15 years.

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

I actually saw this in the news just last night. Funny. And the report aired precisley from the location of the first McDonalds ever opened in the Soviet Union.

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@RaiZdbyDINGOES]

People are forgetting that Mc Donald's trained people there. The equipment is still in the store. So in essence it's not going to be much different besides the actual recipes.

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

@@RaiZdbyDINGOES That's what they said in the news report. And it's true, yeah. Same stuff just rebranded.

[@MrWolfSnack]

It's because they never opened another one. There was only one.

[@nou712]

@@slimlucas888 15 rubles deposited to your non functional bank account.

[@jeffbreezee]

I can appreciate the historical significance of McDonald's. I can remember at 5 years old, my parents driving from Auburn, Washington to Seattle (20 miles) to McDonald's. By the time I was 10, we had one in Auburn (1976). Fifteen years later, I'm eating at a McDonald's in every other village in Germany when I was stationed there in the US Army.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

I’m not gonna lie, that’s a bit depressing, when European food can be so great.

[@RubbishGimpy]

Here in Britain there's a consumer law where no mcdonalds drive thru are allowed to be closer than a quarter of a mile distance. This is to limit mcdonlds. In my town within a 3 mile radius there's about 12 mcdonalds. Welcome to Fat Britain.

[@zethseth3645]

@@liesdamnlies3372 That's based.

[@zethseth3645]

This has brought me to absolute tears. I remember on a trip to Germany with school mates, instead of eating German food, they all went to McDonald's and it was just me and my friend who ate at a local restraunt. I guess this is what to expect from Yankee imper*alism

[@petramueden7170]

Have your been stationed in Baumholder ?

[@Xehemoth]

It all just feels kind of shameless. On one hand they are just trying to make their people happy but on the other it looks like they are actually PROUD of being America's Dollar tree knock-off version.

[@nikolamilivojevic1942]

bro it's literally the same

[@LeftWingNationalist]

I wonder if Tasty Period has year round McRib. If so then Tasty Period > McDonald's. Lol

[@Jartran72]

​@@LeftWingNationalist In a lot or atleast some countries MCrib is annualy available. And I hope that means all year round because english is not my native language.

[@teab0y]

People in Russia actually believe that they can do it on their own. I mean it's kind of inspiring in a sense how they actually believe that they can do it on their own but when you see what they're doing, then you would know that they are just brainwashed patriots...

[@LeftWingNationalist]

@@Jartran72 yup annually is correct word. Here in America they only sell it during certain times. So it's the only time I really make sure to go get a mcrib.

[@krygu]

just for clarifying - soviet russia 1990 events were not the cause for iron curtain to collapse. Iron curtain collapsed first in Poland, then influenced by Polish events Berlin Wall, then all other soviet republics - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia etc. Saying, that building first McDonalds in Russia finished the 80 years of murderous dictatorship, can be somewhat a joke. Inclinations were obvious, but in fact the Soviet Russia was finished after the famous Round Table in Polish parliament, where Solidarnosc tricked the communists by promising them new places in the new democratic parliament. Some of them indeed benefited form it, yet the majority and the entity of the communist movement was struck down. People hated communists for how the country looked like and behaved. This made our president Walesa to remove russian troops from Poland in 1991. The iron curtain collapsed at least in 1981, but to be exact - it was collapsing since start of Solidarnosc - 1980.08.01... coincidentally - the day I was born ;) greets dude!

[@johnedwards2759]

Wrong. Iron Curtain was first cut in HUNGARY.

[@krygu]

@@johnedwards2759 ???? ... hungary only tapped into what was happening in poland. All political crisis that went peaked in 1956, 1867, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980. 1981, 1986 and 1989 was always started by Polish people concluded in blood-shed in the streets. People in poland were shot against, while the entire soviet europe was waiting, and then who had courage - used this time to securely stand up against the soviets (securely, as just not to suffer too much). Even poeple in africa know this. What kind of propaganda did you read then? I do not want to assume, but sounds like the newest Orban releases. If you see into now-ruling polish part PIS (conglomerate of populism and antidemocratic propaganda sucked directly from communism), you will know that Kaczynski is the biggest hero of the communist times... meanwhile the history knows he even did not leave his house for 1981 crisis and was thrown out by Lech Walesa, being deemed untrustworthy, mediocre in politics, populist and with narcisist nature of solving problems. Now we have the one ruling our country - the idiot without wife, no kids, just with a cat... telling us what the family should look like, for this instance. And rasist, stereotyping and labelling Orban is his biggest friend. Hm, hungary...

[@johnedwards2759]

@@krygu Name the ONLY NATION of the Iron Curtain that OVERTHREW the Communists. You'll find it was Hungary in 1956 PERIOD.

[@krygu]

@@johnedwards2759 erm... 1956 the communism has started in Hungary after the country failed to oppose. How does this sound for an OVERTHROW huh? :) meanwhile people in Poland were dying on the streets being shot by the bullets of Gomolka and Khrushchev for a true stand up against them. The bloodshed led to multiple events like this by the people seeing no end to oppression and russification...just after Poland "won" the war (among) and were sold to stalin by the bandit and typical two-faced brit (or brittle) Churchil.... now, like in a theatre, nomen omen, the curtain! :)

[@krygu]

@@johnedwards2759 I bet you enquired for this research just the same, and ...found it in Wikipedia... hungarian one :P

[@Entername-md1ev]

In America, you eat McDonalds In Soviet Russia, McDonalds eats us

[@zzou2197]

@its nice knowin ya Get out you spam troll.

[@VerdeMorte]

*True, I mean when they run out of meat, could you really even taste the difference?*

[@lm9029]

I read that last part as "mcdonalds eat U.S" Kinda funny and ironic considering the bootlegs from western culture.

[@SlapStyleAnims]

Is that Armin in your picture?

[@nomadundercover3018]

"We have to eat bootleg McDonald's and pretend like shit is ok." 😂 Hilarious!

[@OrlandoLionFanClub]

This is sad for food standards

[@howepellin]

What is even weird is that June 12 is also my Country's Independence day from Spanish colonialization

[@cehaem2]

It's BS as they have probably retained the same suppliers.

[@rlm2933]

He is mad that mcdonald’s leaving russia does absolutely nothing

[@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

That period of late 80's and early 90's must have been insane in Russia. First McDonald's, first Metallica concert ever etc.... I was very young then but I get the impression that people even younger than me won't understand how important that was....

[@MightGuy15]

Then everything changed when the fire nation attacked

[@ashleybevis9769]

Do u 🧐…

[@Nikioko]

Scorpions singing about the Wind of Change and Billy Joel having his concert in Leningrad.

[@sluggo206]

I was in Russia in 1995 and 1996. Cassettes and CDs were $1, with amateur covers. I bought Russian bands, but most of the ones available were western (grunge and all that). Movies were 90% western too. Western stuff wasn't brand new anymore but it was still fairly new. And to make up for the lack of fresh fruits in the past, there were huge piles of bananas for sale.

[@Rammspieler]

I was 9 years old when the Berlin Wall fell and 11 when the USSR collapsed. I was young myself and what I knew of the USSR back then was through Western propaganda and Hollywood films. But I do remember the opening of the first McD's in Russia and I guess my thoughts were something along the lines of "they allow McDonalds in the Bad Place now?" Yet it was because it was painted as this forbidden place that sparked my lifelong interest in the USSR.

[@TechNAquatic]

5:00 I now understand why this had to be made quickly from a POV of an entrepreneur who had to save his business and employees.

[@CommonCommiestudios]

The things governments would do to keep people in line after being exposed smh

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

@Bully Maguire 🅥 Stop it !

[@Polavianus]

@Bully Maguire 🅥 I don't remember asking

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@nikodemdobrenko3680]

@@slimlucas888 this isnt a copy of burgers but of mcdonalds after they left russia.

[@slimlucas888]

@@nikodemdobrenko3680 Except they aren't copying mcdonalds, they're just using their restaraunts

[@darius2640]

HUGE missed opportunity to call it McBlyat

[@Leena79]

I remember my parents bringing a keychain from the USSR in the early 80s, which had a mouse on it. If you looked quickly, it was a lot like Mickey Mouse, but at a closer inspection, it clearly wasn't. I, a priviledged kid from a capitalist country, used to think it was funny that they had a different mouse. The first McD in Russia was a big deal. This is basically like watching history rewind. I just really want to press pause.

[@user-wj3yr7xr2f]

I hope some brave people will go in and remove Putin from office. He's the only problem here.

[@RhythmAddictedState]

The keyring probably had Cheburashka (Чебурашка) on it, a Soviet cartoon character, but it isn't a mouse... Actually to this day I've no idea what animal it is lmao But it definitely isn't a bootleg Mickey mouse

[@Leena79]

@@RhythmAddictedState I googled Cheburaska, and no, it was definitely a Mickey Mouse on the keyring. Cheburaska looks cute, the Mickey was Mickey enough to recognize, but also somehow slightly wrong.

[@RhythmAddictedState]

@@Leena79 Wow, now I'm intrigued 😯 I asked my mum about this (she was born and raised in the Soviet Union), she doesn't recall this type of character. Could be a one-off design. That's so cool though, you've got a vintage item on your hands 😁

[@RhythmAddictedState]

@@Leena79 I googled "советский Мики Маус" (Soviet Mickey Mouse) and found some interesting pictures of Mickeys made in the Eastern bloc but looking a bit scary 😂

[@stuartrutman4885]

Mental gymnastics ! You hit the nail on the head. You need a bigger audience. You are brilliant !

[@dontmindme8709]

Honestly I don't find it so bad that they are basically just using everything that was McDonald's before, including sauces. Throwing it out would be a shameful waste. Sad that it even has to happen to begin with though

[@dusanburic4994]

Gives off super doom and gloom vibes right? Its just fast food, easy to tinker on down the line.

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Yeah exactly. No point throwing tonnes of perfectly good sauces in landfill when you have the exact product you are looking for.

[@tooichan]

Would be a bit more presentable with a sticker instead of just doing that but I guess they ran out of fucks to give

[@S0ulH0und]

They could have at least used a yellow sharpie to cover the McDonald's logo.

[@SongBillong]

Completely agree. If anything, I applaud it

[@jplouthelgm5156]

"Tasty Period" hits different in English 🤣 #AuntFloDiner 🩲🩸🩸🍔🍟🥤

[@bilbo1778]

This needs more likes 😂

[@rajlowkie6616]

It's that time of the month.

[@chubawmaba]

Tasty periods sounds like a vampire-friendly fast food joint

[@puraLusa]

😂

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

They should open up a seafood chain called Tasy seamen

[@puraLusa]

@@someoneinthecrowd4313 😂😂😂

[@mariohnyc]

i feel sorry for the poor kids who had to sit there for hours with a stack of markers to cover the M logo on the corner of those packets.

[@doriantietz2222]

I really love how filming out eating McDonald’s turned out to be an important record of the situation

[@lol-ih1tl]

The moment that the Soviet Union on 1991 had more McDonald's than present day Russia.

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@lol-ih1tl]

@@slimlucas888 McDonald's invented Americans to sell more burgers

[@1882osr]

Strange fact to consider

[@lol-ih1tl]

@@BlockedUser420 now they're gone

[@lol-ih1tl]

@@BlockedUser420 i reported them twice

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

I think it sucks that the Russian citizens are the ones that get hurt by this, instead of their government. As if taking away people's favorite foods is gonna keep their leaders from having lavish and expensive dinners with their friends.

[@sammexp]

Because they need to have their daily life disturbed, because Russian people do nothing to stop, their crazy government.

[@franciscloutier5387]

I don't think removing shitty unhealthy food options is going to hurt anyone

[@yourbrainonegg159]

@@franciscloutier5387 It don't even matter if it's unhealthy something like Mcd is a nice treat especially during a war

[@BlazinPheonix32]

@@franciscloutier5387 no but it's one of if not the largest food company in the world pulling out from the economy of russia which hurts their people even more, and although it may mean that less people will eat burgers every day it also means that this food chain will likely fail and people will, once again, lose jobs. Funny how russian governments tend to repeat thenselves though. Don't like the Tzar because he has too much power and throws lavish parties with the rest of the nobility while his people starve? Set up the soviet union, which ends up becoming an authoritarian state that has horrible distribution of power that stays virtually as isolated from everywhere else in the world as the previous government. Soviet union fails? Set up an oligarchy which works pretty much the same as the last two governments, being an authoritarian state with power consolidated in a ruling class that has $100 million yachts and huge mansions while your average Ivan has to work a terrible job for the same pay as everyone else just to get nothing in return. Crazy

[@wikis88]

Governments come from people. If putin leaves today, another putin will come tomorrow. Russian citizens need to suffer to realize how toxic as a nation they've become. They complain and get sad about fast food chain while at the very same moment their nation doing genocide in Ukraine. "Oh no - fries packed in a carton without golden letter M, how sad", meanwhile in Ukraine "oh look - a women's head lying next to her defiled body".

[@mc1dash1b]

I remember the McDonalds in my hometown. It had actual arches red and white tile and the hamburger was 19 cents but on the first day it was open all the food was free as the crew was training. That’s how they hook you into it. I can’t wait for Tasty period to open some in the US.

[@valhalla8894]

“I’m not dissing Buckwheat” - this is what happened to humans. Удачи тебе Рома, привет из Харькова :)

[@jonlenihan4798]

I always preferred Spanky to Buckwheat.

[@htcmlcrip]

i actually love Buckwheat with ketchup.

[@danieleyre8913]

@@htcmlcrip Toasted buckwheat (kasha) is fine with just salt…

[@zeblanmaidaynovich796]

Got a be with fatty meat then it tastes awesome or just butter or milk and little sugar yum.

[@htcmlcrip]

@@danieleyre8913 ohhh have t thought about toasting them 😁

[@jackjolly789]

McDonald’s are smart they cannot keep their brand image in Russia due to western pressures but they own all the land that these restaurants operate on and they take income from the rent generated from the franchisees. McDonald’s has definitely not stopped their real business in Russia.

[@earthtozaya468]

exactly!!!!! it's all just a big ass virtue signal

[@AxeltheKing1000]

So true

[@RobinsVoyage]

And they shouldn't have pulled out.

[@sammiller6631]

@@earthtozaya468 Any time you say "virtue signal", you're virtue signalling too.

[@earthtozaya468]

@@sammiller6631 Any time you say someone's virtue signalling by saying "virtue signal" you're virtue signalling too.

[@SamSlugg456]

Kid: mother, can we get McDonald’s? Mother Russia: we’ve got McDonald’s at home. McDonald’s at home: tasty, periodt.

[@lazykidwithnomotivation4937]

2:12 bro entered his flop era 💅💅💅

[@jwwwjm]

GURL YASS- 🤭

[@guregorihattofirudo2627]

I remember Pepsi in the old USSR, it was pretty much the only western product I saw anywhere there. The future is not bright. I really enjoyed your video

[@aymane9489]

if the food is the same, the menus are the same. Why the fuk would you care what's written on it?

[@travissmith2092]

Regarding companies coming back to Russia in the future, I think you said it - the profit motive of operating in the Russian market will mean many of these companies do come back eventually. All these large public companies have a fiduciary responsibility to bring value to their shareholders. If they can quietly come back in once things settle down, they absolutely will.

[@theodorekorehonen]

Yeah you can't really trust multinational corporations to do the right thing when there's money to be made but it all depends on how the war goes and how sanctions go. Hopefully putin realizes that a long protracted war in a country he could never effectively rule is a bad idea sooner rather than alter but I'm not all that hopeful

[@sammiller6631]

All these large public companies have a fiduciary responsibility...which means they can't go back to a place that won't respect contracts and has no access to cheap supply chains. That's unprofitable and risky.

[@fltfathin]

@@theodorekorehonen modern wars are not for traditional conquest, something is fishy about the war and everyone is getting burnt

[@amnesiaparadox5490]

@@theodorekorehonen Putin inefficiently runs the country Ahahahah

[@richardshiflett5181]

Are you dumb? Putting wants Ukraine for territory, his pride, and the sea ports.

[@garthmckeil9539]

It would be brilliant if you were at a Georgian McD's while your friend was at the bootleg McSoviet burger joint.

[@mitchyoung93]

It's not bootleg...they removed the branding etc.

[@babyinuyasha]

"McSoviet" omg

[@StreamSonic]

"Tasty, Period" until customers found being served "Moldy bun" and "Insect leg".

[@pearlpeacock]

Regular diet in Amphibia

[@andr386]

I am still sick to my stomach. It used to make so much more natural sense for the EU and Russia to have a closer relationship and even some sort of integration. Just a little more democracy and less corruption. We were made to be best friends and allies. It could have happened one day. Russia was a more natural ally that the US. But clearly this perspective is done and burried by now. So sad.

[@rdj9524]

I'm a Finnish dude that happens to speak Russian (because one of my parents is from a post soviet country). So in my house we still try to hold on to the good parts of Russian/Soviet culture. In particular, I loved watching Russian TV channels during winter because they always put me in the christmas mood. The best Russian winter commercials however always came from Coca-Cola. And it saddens me to see that we wont be getting the Christmassy Coca-Cola commercials no more. It really does feel like Russia is not part of the rest of the world anymore. Damn

[@elektrotehnik94]

Tens of thousands killed, raped & tortured in a land-expanding imperialistic invasion kind of does that to a country. ^^

[@rdj9524]

@@elektrotehnik94 What does that have to do with my comment tho?

[@BrutusBritish]

@@elektrotehnik94 what has your government done? Idiot . Coloniser’s

[@gamermapper]

The West isn't the entire world.

[@TheRus13]

Есть же русский аналог и даже два аналога колы это Саяны и Байкал. По вкусу они даже лучше так нет ортофосфорной кислоты как в коле.Просто бренд раскручивать надо.

[@SimoExMachina2]

As long as Gorbatshov doesn't make an advertisement praising this new Soviet McDonetsk, I'm okay with the rip-off.

[@ANDREALEONE95]

Like they had the money to have him in an ad.

[@c0ya1]

McLenin.

[@HippyDippyToes]

@@c0ya1 McTrotsky

[@c0ya1]

@@HippyDippyToes "On the poverty menu, For a limited time, get a large serving of buckwheat, half a potato, and a flask of cheap vodka. Only at McTroskys."

[@Arushi701]

I don't think he would. He has not been a fan of Putin's regime and this is essentially reversing all he did.

[@sammiller6631]

How does "Tasty Period" compare to that gopnik "McBurger" place you visited earlier?

[@bcluett1697]

I thought for sure when they showed the M styled logo it was going to be called Moskva burger or something. They should have chosen a Russian farmers name or something. Even if they called it Mikoyan and had a jet logo or something. First thing I thought of was the Mariott hotel and I laughed when you brought it up. They need to do like China and get some think tank people with world experience and brainstorm something better. I bet there's lots you could do with Russian foods and fast food. I hope the curtain doesn't last as long as the last one.

[@bokunogentoo4420]

I thought it was weird how they kept the "English" names of the dishes instead of substituting them with Russian names. There's something weird about an "authentic Russian Not McDonald's" calling chicken "chikin" instead of "kooritsa"

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@bokunogentoo4420 This is what happens when your country is run by oligarchs instead of the money being distributed among, at the very least, a few marketing executives

[@LancesArmorStriking]

I've always wanted to see a true Russian fast food chain (Teremok is the closest). But a fundamental problem is traditional Russian foods are always slow cooked, because of climate. The Russian oven was always on to heat the house, and people would cook things very slowly to draw out complex flavors. That is not easy to recreate over a griddle or industrial oven Ironically Chinese food is opposite to Russian, cooked in a flash over very high heat happens to be perfectly suited for quick industrial food production and selling

[@brinjoness3386]

Mcputins

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

Mk Donbass

[@mayakstudios7292]

Зуммеры про 1990: какие наши предки тупые))) километровые очереди ради газировки и бургеров. Также зуммеры: ААААА, НОВЫЙ МАК! ВСЕ БЕЖИМ, 3 МЕСЯЦА ВЫЖИВАЛИИИИИ!

[@hobowarrior8818]

Некоторые вещи никогда не меняются

[@denispump]

пацаны, кто пояснит? Автор же в Рашке живет?

[@pabis6817]

I’ll have the Tasty Tampon deluxe! And a Big Pad combo with a side of dictator fries.

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

Don't forget the extra ketchup for the pad... they can be a hit dry

[@simasroguelike1877]

love how is he in another country and still afraid of calling it a war :) welcome back to CCCP u love'd it so much

[@lllPlatinumlll]

Absolutely killing that Peter the Great look mate :)

[@Zoommers]

Дядя Ваня (Uncle John) instead of McDonald's is kinda weird as well In my last video I was talking about the sanctions, and it seems like Russia is totally canceled i Tochka

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@Zoommers]

@@slimlucas888 but Americans made them viral, don't they?

[@g_markov]

Дядя Ваня brand already exists in Russia.

[@slimlucas888]

@@Zoommers Yes, America popularized unhealthy food, and that's exactly why in general the human lifespan decreased from 100 years to about some 70 years, so thank you americans for your boundless foolishness contributed to the world.

[@Nikioko]

Vanya is short for Ivan, which is the Slavic version of John... never thought about that so thoroughly. So it should be "Uncle Johnny". So, Dyadya Vanya be it. 🤣

[@spikethelizard2770]

Buying the Mc donalds chains in Russia would have cost billions and billions of Rubles So about 23 cents

[@ДмитрийСвиридов-ч6ю]

A homage to EuroTour?

[@zsoltpapp3363]

Its a franchise bro, all restaurants are run and owned by local small businesses, who pay some franchise fee to the HQ

[@yourbirthcertificate]

McBurger got some competition rn

[@belgianlettuce5409]

The most legendary rivalry in the fast food universe

[@belgianlettuce5409]

@yo L

[@slimlucas888]

Americans didn't invented burgers, german sailors did in 19th century after coming from Russia

[@jerrell1169]

@@slimlucas888 We perfected them though.

[@slimlucas888]

@@jerrell1169 Perfection is a temporary state what only lasts until something even better comes out to replace it. Might the russian come up with the next version? Who knows about that, but everything's possible.

[@zokilauda]

McDonald's is overrated by the way. A long time ago in Serbia in the City where my mother comes from there was also a McDonald's but most people thought the food there was too expensive and just disgusting so in the end they established a bank in that building.. Fortunately, most people there in Serbia have taste. And they stay true to food that is tasty..

[@sammiller6631]

So you're saying Serbia is too poor. Claiming "disgusting" is just sour grapes towards things you can't afford.

[@zokilauda]

@@sammiller6631 it has nothing to do with being poor. But apparently you're interpreting that from it. That says more about you than it does about Serbia. I live and work in the Netherlands myself and I have enough money to go to McDonald's regularly but I still i don't do it. It's just not tasty enough anymore since there are plenty of better burger places. Both in the Netherlands and in Serbia.. For example The first thing that comes to my mind. (Which by the way falls into the same category as McDonald's.) One of McDonald's biggest competitors the Burger King. not to mention the hamburger Dining Places. Which do not necessarily fall into the category of fast food chains where they make even better burgers.. I swear there are even plenty of food trucks out there that make better burgers than McDonald's bland burgers. I used to like McDonald's burgers when I was younger. . until I tasted better burgers. Now I just find them tasteless and except for the French fries and the milkshakes I am disgusted by McDonald's. McDonald's burgers used to be thicker and tastier too. ( ± 10 to 20 years ago. ) I'm 45 years old so I know what I'm talking about.

[@sammiller6631]

@@zokilauda Subway is McDonald's biggest competitor, not Burger King. "I'm 45 years old so I know what I'm talking about." is a logical fallacy. If I'm older than you, doesn't that make me more correct than you? Living in Netherlands explains why you are so argumentative. It doesn't explain why you moved away from Serbia. Would you say that the Yugoslav Wars showed Serbians as violent aggressive people? Slobodan Milošević and Ratko Mladić have an long list of hostile acts and disregard for non-Serbians. How deep does such Serbian nationalism go across the country?

[@zokilauda]

@@sammiller6631 not for me. Since I don't really consider subway a fast food chain.. And also due to the fact that they don't sell burgers there. At least not here in the Netherlands. And who says that I have moved from Yugoslavia to the Netherlands.. I was born in the Netherlands but not a Dutch person. I do have Dutch citizenship. This includes the same rights and obligations as someone who is of Dutch origin and who lives in the Netherlands. Also only since 2000-2001 My parents are Serbs. So I am also Serbian by descent. So despite my Dutch citizenship I am still a Serbian by origin because I have Serbian blood running through my veins. To say what you are in origin only based on where you were born is in my ears the most retarded thing one can say. Milosevic and ratko mladic were wrong about the war in Yugoslavia itself. But right when it comes to Kosovo. When it comes to Kosovo, it goes as deep and as far as it Is needed.. And by comparison, Putin is right about Ukraine on the donbass region. And that you say you're older, Than me you have to say it, right?! Although I don't believe much of it. Either you are at least the same age as me or more likely you are younger. And you are probably also American or at least of American descent. They usually have the greatest habit of pretending to be something other than they really are. More often better than they really are.. So in the end whatever you say You won't make me a fan of McDonald's so all the more reason to hate McDonald's even more.. good job. Or at least boycott more. Thanks to idiots like you I only loved Russia even more apart from the fact that I loved Russia much more than America anyway. Slava Russia .. Slava Serbia... Проклета Америка Проклети НАТО.. It's that I have pets and don't want to leave them to their fate. So not emotionally willing and able to get rid of it. Otherwise I would fight with the Russians against the azov battalion. While I leave the normal innocent civilians alone.

[@alisayankina4095]

The thing I like the most is that there are already a tonne of memes about this name like "shut up and eat" or "chew and don't complain"

[@amiausUSA]

I remember from October 2009, the Belarusian McDonald's near Oktyabrskaya and the presidential palace (yes, the very one occupied by Lukashenko), did not have a proper breakfast menu beyond coffee. At 8 AM they were already serving hamburgers. It was quite strange for that time of the day, but the burgers tasted just like back in the USA.

[@MostIntelligentMan]

in russia/belarus breakfast food is sandwitch, so hamburger being just a variation of sandwitch is seen as breakfast food

[@dave_sic1365]

Actually I don't like the breakfast, I go to MC D to get burgers, not some cornflakes pretending to be healthy and coffee

[@paddington1670]

omg that would be amazing. abolish the breakfast menu altogether. Literally anywhere else has better breakfast menus. Even timmyhos

[@gamermapper]

Oktyabrskaya is also known as Kastryčnickaja in the indigenous Belarusian language.

[@alukuhito]

Ever been to IHOP with their 24-hour menu? I used to get a hamburger for breakfast there sometimes when I was a teenager. Sure beats pancakes, cereal, or whatever else I would've normally had at home.

[@abc123fhdi]

I heard it translated as "it's tasty, and that's it" but I guess it could be "it's tasty, period". I also heard there was a similar chain or talks to open a restaurant like McDonalds called "uncle vanya's" which has some meaning in Russian as an important character from their history.

[@greatwave2480]

yeah, "it's tasty, and that's it" is a better translation, still a dumb name tho-- "..."uncle vanya's" which has some meaning in Russian as an important character from their history." uhh, depends on which vanya they refer to??exactly? Ivan(Vanya) is a very common russian name, maybe equial to John in english speaking countries. So, to me it just seems like an another lazy attempt at bootlegging western fastfood chains🥲

[@marksnyder8022]

Uncle Vanya's only has cherry pies, no apple

[@skyguy1236]

"its tasty, that's it" is actually kinda symbolic in a way. like its tasty but don't think about it too much

[@abc123fhdi]

@@greatwave2480 so like "Uncle John's" or "Papa John's" which we actually have in the West lol as a Pizza Chain.

[@greatwave2480]

​@@abc123fhdi Yeah, we have(or had 🤔) Papa John's here too. Also, worth to mention, russia doesn't have a habit of using people's first names in brand names much(like Trader Joe's , Michael's , etc.), so the bootlegging is even more obvious lol

[@ereini0n]

Great video! They should have just flipped the M on its side and use it as the B in Вкусно.

[@pv8249]

For the packaging sauces covered in markers this is a great idea! This is because these sauces were most likely stockpiled in the millions as they are typically bought in bulk (millions) and have a long expiration date. It makes sense to use them since 1) They are already paid for and stockpiled all perfectly good to consume 2) Trashing all those sauces just because of a little m would be unprofitable (disposing paid for goods and paying again to make the same thing without an m) and 3) wasteful, unnecessary pollution and further damage the environment (waste and re manufacturing) (not that they would have had that as their main weighting or consideration but never the less is a good "unintended/ intended?" consequence of keeping them). They technically had to blank the m for branding/legal purposes as Mcdonalds would probably be able to file a case against them continuing to use the m. It also looks bad for the new business model to have the old logo as it subconsciously confuses people to believe that nothing has changed when its obvious the promotion is this is supposed to be the "better version" I think they will phase them out eventually with their own brand or introduce a new different sauce packet/ supplier. Add to edit: It would also be near impossible to manufacture or find a supplier of thousands if not millions of sauce packets in the space of a couple of days/ weeks from scratch.

[@jamesdunn5473]

look at the money that was saved, by not repackaging!

[@andrzejkucharzyk9970]

I dont think the point was to throw them out but, the way they covered it up was ghettoish.

[@russetmantle1]

I'm only thinking of what an incredibly shit job it was for the person who was responsible for going through thousands of tiny packets, blacking out the M. The worst of it is they probably got paid like shit.

[@eemaan6673]

how much do you normally get for essays?

[@makeyyyy7890]

Ok

[@wrestlingwithjesus3957]

What I found funny about the new Vkusno, Period is the fact that when there were news about it opening, every news paper was referring to it as new McDonalds. People in general are referring to it as McDonalds. But the news about the new McDonalds opening up got disliked, because why would we need the dirty West fast food. But when I went there during the opening day to try some, well oh well, I felt like I'm about to pass out because of suffocation. So many people were there, that's crazy. I laughed at people who said we don't need McDonalds. But the huge crowds tell otherwise. Hypocrites

[@joeb1den363]

Russia doesn't need Macdonald's, but fast food=\= Macdonald's,also learn the definition of hypocrisy

[@wrestlingwithjesus3957]

@@joeb1den363 с каких пор ты начал представлять наш народ? Кстати, это как раз таки и есть лицемерие. Сперва общественность дизлайкает новости, говорит, да не нужон нам ваш грязный мак. Потом устраивает давку как на Ходынке в день открытия. Также было с Икеей в последний день её работы. Так что советую тебе, Во-первых, не говорить за других, а отвечать за себя. Во-вторых, не пытайся учить кого-то, когда сам, видать, не можешь применить определение в речи. В-третьих, не советую пользоваться переводчиком. Что ты имел ввиду не нужен мак, но фаст-фуд? Что фаст-фуд?

[@herrnarr3577]

they're talking about how healthy they will be without that damned junk food while eating a week old dumplings from the fridge lmao

[@wrestlingwithjesus3957]

@@herrnarr3577 oh, that's cute, not having an option to eat junk food is better than discipline.

[@weewwwweewwee]

how do you know the same people who called out the dirty west, were quieing to mcdonalds? thats highly fallacious

[@stefanwacht4670]

2:25 Roman:" What the fuck is tasty period?" I don´t know , go ask Dracula!! 😂😂😂😂

[@aUnhealthybreakfast]

Your pronunciation of "Sauce" is impeccable

[@Bestnightcoreofalltime]

Mmmh tasty period 🧛🏻‍♂️

[@PierreMiniggio]

I'll definitely watch that long distance review if you can get a friend to do that ! :D

[@rewindcat7927]

@Eminiem vevo lol Eminem

[@mrfarmer532]

Iron curtain number two. Very good 👍🏼

[@johnnycondor]

Now I'm glad I didn't unsubscribe. Real talk! Stay safe and stay strong, brother. I respect you!

[@Nikioko]

"Tasty. Period" - or: "It is good. No controversial opinion accepted."

[@AlternativaRed]

The russians claim they want to break from the "West" but they really can't. Not just due to stuff like McDonnald's. It's much deeper. They can't break away from the West because like it or not they are western and european. If you take a look at russian history everything that made Russia what it is came from the west. The only things that didn't do are popular traditions like folk music or clothing wich is unique in every western or indeed any country. Even the idea of Russia as a separate civilization from Western Europe comes from... Western Europe. Central Europe to be more precise: German thinkers. It is the traditional russian identity crisis. And the anger we always see coming from them when they talk about the West is not because they are a "separate civilization" like the muslims, India or China (they can't even compete with something as colossal as those, those are REAL civilizations) but because they have always been in second place at most. They never got to "rule" in the West. You had the spanish, the french, the british, the germans and now the americans. But never Russia. That created an inferiority complex that you can clearly see in every russian nationalist thinker. To compensate for that they created the "separate civilization" myth - that way you don't have to worry about being in second place anymore. In Argentina we say it is "better to be the head of a mouse than the tail of a lion." Same logic here. But they are a peripheral european nation with an empire built through conquest, like every other european empire (russians should be thankful that theirs survived this long). They can't break away from the west because they belong there. They can't and they won't. Ever.

[@basileusbasileus9346]

Nah, Russian Orthodox civilization has always been tangible different form "the West" (Catholics and Protestants). All you could say is they were related since they were both Christian. But "the West" is not even Christian anymore - its a post Christian, post-modernist globalist society that Russia has even less in common with.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

Eh, they stole culture and clothing from others too, especially Ukraine. It’s hard to come-up with positive contributions to the world from Russia. And in any case, no, they aren’t “western and European”. You can only say that about Muscovites. Russia is huge and not homogenous at all over that range. They have more in common with the Mongol Horde.

[@AlternativaRed]

@@basileusbasileus9346 There is no such thing. I think I'll make a video about that. A civilization is not purely a religion... If that were the case we catholics would be a separate civilization from the "West" (some have suggested this too since protestantism and catholicism are extremely different). The things that make Russia different are present too in many other countries, like Spain. The current differences are above all political, not cultural. If anything today Russia is even closer to the "West" than ever. But if you think that western civilization is "globalist" and "postmodern" then I can see were you are heading too (Spengler and all that, right?) and I have to strongly disagree.

[@AlternativaRed]

@@liesdamnlies3372 I was talking about history of European civilization. Prejudices be left aside, please. If you think Russia has anything to do with the mongol empire you gave yourself away with that. The russian empire was a European power with a European culture. It still is. I understand that with the current wave of russian aggression you dislike them. Of course. But to exclude them from european civilization it's not legitimate. Germany behaved in a much more barbaric way, you had people claiming they were huns and not actually western. Yeah, that happened. It was wrong. However evil the germans are western and europeans, not huns. The same is true with the russians. Yiu ever met one? A mongol is not what you will find... By the way, why do you russophobes feel the need to insult Mongolia every time when denouncing the crimes of the russian empire, the USSR or Putin? Mongolia is a democratic country today. Actually a very free democracy. The type of country with the properties that supposedly make a country "western." Please stop attributing the current tyranny in Russia to the mongol hordes (what, from 1500? Really?) - Mongolia is a democracy. And Russia a European nation. Deal with it.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@AlternativaRed Who the hell brought-up religion? Certainly not me, and...yes, seems I'm the only one who replied...odd. Maybe stop putting words in other peoples' mouths, like the rest of your response also does.

[@ivegyattocomment]

i looked thru your oldest videos and confused about the content you made lmao, coudn't even recognize you from then and now. this is a really good content. thank you!

[@kraftmayo]

Congrats on 1 million subs Roman

[@elainew2230]

He's right, it's sad, and it's about a lot more than burgers. It was so nice to see a whole generation, like Roman, grow up in relative freedom in a country that could have stupid shit like McDonald's. But now, things do seem to be going back, and that's sad for the people of Russian and Ukraine, and scary for the rest of the world. Ok, enough internet for today.

[@eddiesantos4978]

@@rigolettoblah8661 Cope

[@katetuer8394]

I totally get what you mean about it being symbolic and I feel your frustration. I’m glad you’re on here giving your perspective. Your videos are an essential reminder that the Russian people are not Putin and Putin is NOT the Russian people.

[@tropicalpalmtree]

Putin is a good man

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

As an American who is interested in Russia, I would agree! After all, we can very easily find what Putin's regime thinks of the world (or claims to think, in any case), and what the Western democracies think of the world, the perspective of the Russian _people,_ as a distinct entity, is not often given. This channel, on the other hand, gives that perspective quite well!

[@StarsManny]

Putin has huge support in Russia. It seems the Soviet mindset is alive and well. The problem isn't just Putin, the problem is Russia as a whole, including its people.

[@tropicalpalmtree]

@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions I think people throughout the world are beginning to care less and less what western democracies think.

[@katetuer8394]

I do know this, but people are not a monolith - even if the majority support him, it’s not everyone. Especially somewhere as large and diverse as Russia. Did every US citizen support Trump? Does everyone in the UK hate Boris? Unfortunately not… When it comes to war, individuals don’t start and run them (even if they’re triggers). Governments and rulers do. And people will be the first to suffer whether they support a regime or not.

[@philshaner2942]

Stumbled on to your channel a few weeks ago and I enjoy your perspective. Your English is great!

[@swedhgemoni8092]

First time I really saw sadness on Roman's face...feels bad, man 😞

[@robertlarson7224]

Bro everyone who tries to claim McDonald's and all the other Western companies are gonna be back in two months is insane. Like, maybe within our lifetimes, but I think this is gonna be at least until the end of Putin.

[@kabardinka1]

This is not just about Putin... it's also about a lack of a viable judiciary, property rights and a totally corrupt financial system which all got intensified by Feb. 24.

[@EscapeFromRussia]

Not insane. It's just coping mechanism

[@deadbunnys]

@@kabardinka1 But all of those things are because of Putin, that’s exactly what people mean when they say stuff like that

[@lacedupangel]

well he obviously doesnt have much time left, so who knows.

[@earlrobinson4525]

Been watching your channel for a couple of years now,honestly love your content and perspective ,but I feel the sadness also.

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

This cannot be real. "It's tasty, PERIOD" name cannot be legit. This has got to be a joke

[@ANDREALEONE95]

Mac Don has been already used.

[@alisayankina4095]

That's really so. There are already tonnes of memes about it like "shut up and eat" or "chew and don't complain"

[@aname4822]

As a person who knows Russian, I can confirm that it is, in fact “Tasty, period”

[@jasonroberts1208]

I’ve also seen it also translated “Tasty, That’s It!” But yeah, “Tasty, Period” is pretty much a direct translation

[@alisayankina4095]

@@jasonroberts1208 yes, your translation is correct, but this thing sounds passive agressive even in russian 😅

[@doctor_faza]

I genuinely laughed when you said "mental gymnastics". You were close to the term we use in Poland for some contra-logic arguments used by far right or left supporters. We say fikołek (feekouek) which basically means a flip. A logic flip 🙆🏻‍♂️

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

Lol, amazing that you guys actually have a word for it in your language. And I think mental gymnastics is actually a pretty common way of describing such arguments, I'm American and I use the phrase all the time when discussing politics.

[@YungHanamichi]

Oh boy can't wait to tell all my rossgram friends that I just ordered at tasty period.

[@janTelo]

I think the sad part is that they made it painfully obvious that it's a bootleg McDonald's. I think it would've actually been a lot better if they just made a better version of McDonald's that is unique. There is nothing to be proud of when Russia is trying so hard to be like the West, if the country truly wants to break away from the West, they should just make their own unique burger chain instead.

[@artyomtomilin8098]

Firstly, if Russia wants to "break away from the west", then why make a burger chain, an inherently western restaurant. It would make more sense to create a fast food chain with Russian cuisine (they already have it but its not as popular, traditional Russian cuisine doesn't fit the fast food theme well). Secondly, its not like the collective Russian nation opened this bootleg McDonald's. The new owner probably wanted to go the safer route, capitalising on the established customer base. Too many changes from the start would be very risky, though these changes may be introduced later on.

[@AliA-wy2tf]

why would they do that it’s a bunch of business owners just trying to get their restaurant back up and running they don’t care about anything but profit

[@oo--7714]

Nigga, it’s still owned by McDonald’s

[@MitchJohnson0110]

@@oo--7714 no it isn't lmao

[@egorbasist9532]

guys, all they want is to pose, they literaly dont give a fuck about quality or about anybody eating there

[@dyst0pi465]

McDonalds is already quite sad but bootleg McDonalds is even sadder

[@ricojes]

When you out-sad the Sadonald's.

[@rlm2933]

when the real mc donald’s is the bootleg one

[@blankman4457]

Just stumbled upon you video. Never seen a Russian with as much humor and personality. Pleasant surprise haha.

[@AA-cf4es]

Just stumbled upon your conment. Never seen an American who is open to new people and experiences, such a pleasant surprise.

[@panchoskywalker]

I live in Chile, I was 16 in 1991 and I remember when they showed on the news that first Mcdonald opening, I guess they talked about it in every country around the world as it was kind of the official end of the cold war.

[@jasonlouis5498]

“They have the Golden Arches, we have the Golden Arcs” I’m having Coming to America vibes 😂 “our buns have no seeds”

[@synthiandrakon]

when you consider how McDonald's work, the fact that everything from the farms to the factories that make the food is all set up in Russia. they can probably just use the same infrastructure and make the same food. although its questionable whether they'll be able to get stuff like coke syrup

[@combinemetrocop4213]

Well coke syrup isn't produced in Russia, it's bought from the US

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

well, there are like 10 million coca cola alternatives

[@willw8011]

Funny, Coke Cola could not export their syrup from the USA to Nazi Germany, so the Germans made Fanta.

[@frostflower5555]

coke syrup kills

[@irishdc9523]

"What kind of mental gymnastics is this?". The same type that had America rebranding French fries as "Freedom Fries" after 9/11