WHY SOME GLOBAL FAST FOOD CHAINS STILL REMAIN OPEN For BUISNESS IN RUSSIA

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: There are no Tim Hortons restaurants in Russia, but that hasn't stopped scores of Canadians from sending the restaurant chain angry messages on social media about doing business in the country. 



Their actual target is the chain's owner, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), which also owns Burger King — a fast-food chain that's still open for business in Russia. 



Toronto-based RBI says its 800 Burger Kings in the country remain open because they're stand-alone franchise operations that are independently owned.



But the explanation still doesn't sit well with Canadians who want businesses to suspend all operations in Russia, to protest its invasion of Ukraine. 

"Everything has to be done to try and put an end to this," said Dan Goldstein of Montreal, who has Ukranian-Jewish roots and is a descendant of Holocaust survivors.