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I am trying to catch up on world events because ... Ukraine and will use this thread to stash some interesting (to me) things I happen upon. There may be some duplication of things already posted here. Sorry about that but they will be easier for me to find again. I've never mastered navigating here.

I am trying to catch up on world events because ... Ukraine and will use this thread to stash some interesting (to me) things I happen upon. There may be some duplication of things already posted here. Sorry about that but they will be easier for me to find again. I've never mastered navigating here.

I am trying to catch up on world events because ... Ukraine and will use this thread to stash some interesting (to me) things I happen upon. There may be some duplication of things already posted here. Sorry about that but they will be easier for me to find again. I've never mastered navigating here.

I am trying to catch up on world events because ... Ukraine and will use this thread to stash some interesting (to me) things I happen upon. There may be some duplication of things already posted here. Sorry about that but they will be easier for me to find again. I've never mastered navigating here.

I am trying to catch up on world events because ... Ukraine and will use this thread to stash some interesting (to me) things I happen upon. There may be some duplication of things already posted here. Sorry about that but they will be easier for me to find again. I've never mastered navigating here.

STEVE ROSENBERG: McDonalds opened its first Moscow restaurant on Pushkin Square in 1990. Ill never forget the excitement as Muscovites were eager for a taste of the West.

I am trying to catch up on world events because ... Ukraine and will use this thread to stash some interesting (to me) things I happen upon. There may be some duplication of things already posted here. Sorry about that but they will be easier for me to find again. I've never mastered navigating here.

When thousands of Russians lined up in Moscows busy Pushkin Square on January 31, 1990 to enter the countrys first-ever branch of McDonalds, the moment represented a seismic cultural shift.

As the war in Ukraine rages, ordinary Russians face a degree of international isolation not seen in decades. What will Putin do next?

As the war in Ukraine rages, ordinary Russians face a degree of international isolation not seen in decades. What will Putin do next?