McDonald's successor opens in Moscow

Three months after McDonald's suspended operations in Russia, hundreds of people streamed into its famous former outlet on Moscow's Pushkin Square as the restaurant reopened Sunday under a Russian owner and a new name.

In March, McDonald's halted operations of its company-run restaurants over Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Two months later it decided to leave Russia altogether and sold its 850 restaurants to Alexander Govor, a licensee for 25 McDonald's in Siberia.

Fifteen of the former McDonald's were reopening in Moscow on Sunday and aims for 200 to be open by the end of the month. Inside, the restaurant had familiar touch screens for placing orders and people behind the counter wearing familiar polo-shirt uniforms. The logo is different, but still evokes its predecessor.