Friday, June 24 2022 08:58

ArmInfo. The son of former President of Armenia, British citizen Armen Sarkissian, was going to buy the Russian assets of McDonald's, which left Russia due to a special operation in Ukraine.  

According to forbes.ru, Sarkissian's son was among those applicants  who were consulted in April by the American owners of this global  restaurant business. Three sources familiar with the negotiations  told Forbes that the US owners held six independent interviews. "On  May 2, the president of an American corporation flew to Dubai and  personally interviewed four candidates for the purchase," the source  said.

Among the applicants, in addition to the son of Sarkissian, were  restaurateurs Arkady Novikov and Anton Pinsky, franchise partners of  McDonald's in Russia Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco and Kairat  Boranbaev, investor and founder of Kismet Capital Group Ivan Tavrin.

However, on May 19, McDonald's announced the sale of Russian assets  to the former co-owner of the Yuzhkuzbassugol coal company from  Novokuznetsk, Alexander Govor, who ran a franchise of 25 McDonald's  restaurants in Siberia. Now the McDonald's restaurant chain is  restoring its work under the new Russian brand "Vkusno - and that's  it". 

It should be noted that according to Russian media, son of the  former President of Armenia Vardan Sarkissian is a member of the  directors of the  Marr Russia  company, engaged in the supply of  products for the catering market. The company's website says that  MARR is not just a distributor, but also the largest producer and  supplier of semi-finished meat for restaurants. The company also  regularly participates in charity events of the Ronald McDonald  Charitable Foundation, the Italian Embassy in Russia, etc.