Trademark squatting has begun in Russia. On March 12th, a trademark application was filed for the McDonald's logo with the words "Uncle Vanya" (a candidate to fill empty stores).
“They announced they are closing. Well, okay, close. But tomorrow in those locations we should have not McDonald’s, but Uncle Vanya’s” - Vyacheslav Volodin (top official in Russia’s State Duma).
It's like a bad divorce.