This is 100% true. Its not just McDonalds either...KFC in Russia is an entire level above that in the USA.
KFC also known as Uncle Trotsky’s and the product called a bucket of left wings:)
One of my kids said this about these places located in Dubai as well. Said it was much better there than in the states!
the USSR was once described to me buy a Readiness and contingency planner as a third world country with a first-class military. So, perhaps Russia does have a lot of locally-produced goods whereas we in America tend to get our food from centrally-located areas and therefore shipped to outlying areas in great quantities.
KFC is nasty here. A bunch of grease soaked crust clinging to a scrawny piece of malnourished chicken. Even the cheap chicken in the supermarket has more meat on the bone.
One KFC I unfortunately went to the ladies room looked like someone cleaned a car engine in the sink; a regular pigsty.
KFC is a delicacy in Japan, too. As in, they bring it for Christmas!
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-kfc-became-a-christmas-tradition-in-japan-2016-12