Crowds flock to former McDonald’s outlet in Moscow as it reopens under new name

People queue to visit a newly-opened fast-food restaurant in a former McDonald’s outlet in Moscow (Dmitry Serebryakov/AP)

Hundreds of people have streamed into a former McDonald’s outlet on Moscow’s Pushkin Square as the restaurant reopened under a Russian owner and a new name.

McDonald’s halted operations of its company-run restaurants in Russia in March.