--- description: More than 200 McDonald's outlets have been audited by Russian health inspectors, the company said in a public statement over the weekend title: McDonald's Says Russian Health Inspectors Target 200 Restaurants image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b3b6f9470ef4b22/698761a035ba6f34e7c04886/166060151.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Fast Food](/tag/fast-food/) ## Fast Food Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonald's Says Russian Health Inspectors Target 200 Restaurants  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 2:22 PM CUT  A logo hangs on display outside a McDonald's food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. A logo hangs on display outside a McDonald's food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, April 7, 2013.Andrey Rudakov—Bloomberg / Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 2:22 PM CUT More than 200 McDonald’s restaurants in Russia are being [audited](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-19/mcdonald-s-says-russia-inspecting-more-than-200-outlets.html "undefined") by health inspectors, the company said in a public statement over the weekend. McDonald’s vowed to challenge a court-ordered closure of nine restaurants, according to a Russian-language [statement](http://mcdonalds.ru/news/20141008 "undefined") released by the Illinois-based company, Bloomberg reports. Health inspections of the Russian branches — there were at least 440 as of August — [began](http://time.com/3153548/russia-mcdonalds-inspection-closed/ "undefined") shortly after countries in the West imposed sanctions against Russia during the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Regulators argue the searches are part of a widening investigation of sanitary violations, but critics in August [dismissed](http://time.com/3221969/mcdonalds-russia-restaurant-closures/ "undefined") the probes as an exercise in political retaliation. \[[_Bloomberg_](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-19/mcdonald-s-says-russia-inspecting-more-than-200-outlets.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3524406/mcdonalds-fast-food-russia-inspections/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3524406/mcdonalds-fast-food-russia-inspections/"},"headline":"McDonald's Says Russian Health Inspectors Target 200 Restaurants","datePublished":"2014-10-20T14:22:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:53:10.589Z","description":"Russian courts also ordered 9 to close","url":"https://time.com/3524406/mcdonalds-fast-food-russia-inspections/","keywords":["Fast Food","Ukraine","russia","Sanctions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b3b6f9470ef4b22/698761a035ba6f34e7c04886/166060151.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b3b6f9470ef4b22/698761a035ba6f34e7c04886/166060151.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Inside Burger King And Subway As McDonald's Faces Growing Challenge From Rivals","caption":"Inside Burger King And Subway As McDonald's Faces Growing Challenge From Rivals","creditText":"Andrey Rudakov—Bloomberg / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fast-food/","name":"Fast Food"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3524406/mcdonalds-fast-food-russia-inspections/","name":"McDonald's Says Russian Health Inspectors Target 200 Restaurants"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Our food. 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