Fastfood giant McDonald’s  is  the latest multinational company to announce pausing of   business  in Russia to protest the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

On Tuesday,  the company  says  it will temporarily close its more than 800 restaurants and pause all operations in Russia  but   will continue to pay salaries of the 62,000 Russian employees who will be affected by the closure.

Starbucks.   Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants,  Pizza Huts,  Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Electric are among  the global brands that also  announced temporary or partial  shutting down of business in Russia.

Apple, Netflix, TikTok, and Facebook’s parent company, Meta also  responded   to the crisis by pausing their projects or services.

Meanwhile, Disney, Warner Bros and other Holyywood studios  also released statement that they willl  pause theatrical releases in Russia.

(With reports from  Los Angeles Times, CNBC and CBC)