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Regarding the Renault story: the funniest part is that here in France, Renault claims openly that they completely left Russia. Hilarious (and sad at the same time...)
Renault has a bit of a history. In 1914, the Renault Taxis stopped the Germans from invading Paris. Troops were transported by taxi to a battle field on the River Marne. Twenty years later Louis Renault (the creator) visited Adolf Hitler. The common market was already being discussed. When France was defeated Renault provided trucks to the Reich, bearing in mind the entire French economy had been negotiated with the new Regime. In 1943, the historical Renault factory outside Paris was bombed by the Allies. In 1945, Renault was confiscated and nationalized by the National Resistance Council or CNR. So, Renault didn't have a good rep at all with regards to war issues, although the brand is very keen on denying their past.
@@j.goggels9115 that’s interesting. Although the same can be said about all the big automobile producers, big brands like BMW and Mercedes. I think that all big companies had to stop trading directly with RF (because the transactions became impossible once Russia was removed from the international banking circuit) but they continue to trade with Russia circumventing sanctions. PS Dacia was the main car of communist Romania, like Moskvich was for USSR so it doesn’t really matter what they are branded as, they’re both produced by Renault anyway post 1990.
Fun Fanta Fact: Back in WW2, the German Coca Cola Factories got cut off from the US HQ. Also the supplies needed to manufacture Cola where used in the war somehow, so they could not produce anyway. So they just mixed some available stuff together, called it "Fanta" and kept the factories running.
Very true about the Fanta! My memory is a little hazy but as the war ended and the embargo was lifted their first order of business was contacting HQ again with readiness to restart their factories that had been eventually commandeered for ration and utensil production before closing entirely. A good example how a crisis can provide opportunity
@Wojtek Troll well not really those Russian business don’t care about Russian people as much as American business these are the same guys who stole the means of production after the collapse of ussr
Thanks Roman. After years of following your channel under "normal" circumstances it's a real privilege to watch you succeed and progress despite all the obstacles thrown in your way and hold onto your integrity and character along the way.
Would Roman be arrested if he returns to Russia in the future(if the goverment never changes)? Sooner or later they all have to travel back there at some point and can't hide forever
@@81OH4Z4RD USA Killed more than 20 millions people. Literally N2 after Hitler. And They make Lots of Actually nazi propaganda right now. Do you blame them? ofc not. because you're just an ordinary brainwashed nazi animal.
It’s a shame McBurger became a KFC. They could have taken over from McDonald’s. It would have been hilarious to have hundreds of McBurgers all over Russia.
A shame? Did those rich pigs feel a shame ever? Coca cola did not came out of Germany even during ww2 and produced fanta. Did the banks ask were that gold come during ww2? Money never smells. They don't even care about millions of dead people
If a brand wants to get out of Russia or stay in Russia, its their call. What I dont appreciate is when they just rename and pretend to be gone - thats insulting.
As if almost all big companies don't care about us and only care about money huh.. How shocking.. At this point out of all the companies I know I can't name ONE which is likeable..😂
They are evil corporations at the end of the day. Coca Cola took fresh drinking water in India while the locals were dying of such pleasant illnesses as cholera.
Would Roman be arrested if he returns to Russia in the future(if the goverment never changes)? Sooner or later they all have to travel back there at some point and can't hide forever
Dude. I love ur videos. Been watching you for nearly 3 years, and your adaptability through every scenario you’ve been in is inspiring. Keep going Roman, we love u ❤️
I found this quite informative... and entertaining! I knew about _Vkusno_ _i_ _tochka_ and "Stars Coffee", but now, I know just how much the Russian Federation was impacted by Western brands "leaving" the country... in an odd way! Clothing brands called "M" and "Z"? Cyrillized "Hansen"? "Pizza N"?! I think Mikhail Segeyevich is rolling in his grave right now! At least they were able to get a Fanta knockoff in the form of the orange flavor of _Dobry_ soda. Ironically, Fanta was originally created by Coca-Cola to serve German customers during World War II (US companies were unavailable)... and now, due to a new war in Europe being fought by another dictator, _Dobry_ Orange is Fanta's Fanta! Thanks for the video!
Actually, Moskvitch already showed a completely new range of cars. And the reason why they're confident about the start of an electric vehicle car production by 2025 is because all of the cars they have presented so far have been re-badged versions of Chinese brands. ;) So they already have a good pool of cars to pull from. Moskvitch I-IV (very inspired names) are all rebranded JAC cars. On official graphics, they did not even have Moskvitch logos, just JAC badges photoshopped out.
Thats kind of a standard procedure in the automotive industry. Very few designs are completely original. Its actually very surprising how many ''new'' models are based on 20+ years old chassis.
Fun fact and misunderstanding about coca cola: They originally used coca leaf when coca cola was first invented. This is fairly widely known, it's where it got it's name from. The misconception that alot of people have it's that it doesn't contain coca leaf anymore. It actually does, coca cola is the only non pharmaceutical company that can legally deal with coca leaf (at least in the US). They remove the chemical psychoactive components, sell/donate to hospitals and/or other pharma companies (can't remember exactly), and use the leaf for flavouring. Well, at least that's what they said in the coca cola museum in atlanta, when I went there as a kid back in 2009, could have been a rogue tour guide talking shit idk xD Apparently it's why it's pretty much impossible for any other company copy their exact flavour. Summing it up, they technically still use the coca leaf in coca-cola, just not the cocaine.
Roman, you make me laugh with your wit and humor. I had to do a little research to understand where you come from. My grandparents came from Scandinavia, I'm 70 years old, and we live in the Pacific Northwest, talk slow or not at all sometimes. Your small towns are huge cities to me. I slow your videos to .75 to keep up with your excellent American English. Keep up the important work, especially the variety of your subjects. I hope you land somewhere good and prosper!
I am a resident of Crimea and I support the special operation. Because Ukraine has been threatening to return Crimea militarily all the time, Ukraine turned off our electricity and water. Most of the population in Crimea is pro-Russian
@@mazurrussia Didn't they turn off water + electricity after Russian troops (Sorry: Special Forces without any badges or other identification marks) occupied it?
@@mazurrussia Dont you mean "i support russia who tried to erase Ukrainian culture and language and now are trying to do the same thing they did once before" ? or how about "i support fascism and the fact putin wants ukrainians dead for wanting freedom" ?
It was created and then bought out by Coca Cola soo its not actually the same. Also Coca-Cola did encourage the franchise owner of Coca Cola in Germany to produce Fanta th-cam.com/video/EWfMung2Oy0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TodayIFoundOut
@@xezmakorewarriah more in like "centuries" because of the War Crimes you lost all the younger generations internationally... Drinking sugar water is only "in a vogue" in Mexico and nowhere else, because people don't like obesity or diabetics. Wait until mcstupid transform to a more healthy version of its old restaurant type and the Russian version will look bleached soulless copy cat that it truly is.
@@jonathanodude6660 Well yes that is true they will be eventually if everything opens up will be bought thats how capitalism work. But still it doesnt change the fact how he pointed out Fanta and yet there is still fanta in Russia just under a different name.
Here in Romania, Evervess is actually Pepsi's version of Schweppes, but it's really hard to find nowadays as the brand isn't popular. I guess it used to be the same in Russia until now.
I feel like many people underestimate Russia as a market. Backing out of Russia doesn't only affect the Russian economy negatively, but also many western corporates.
lol I'm Polish and i didn't know that Reserved or Cropp are Polish chains. I always thought they're American or something and that they're available in every country like HM or Zara etc. but I guess not
Brands are psychologically very important. Often more important than the product itself. I actually believe that this new Russian cola is identical to the genuine Coca Cola and the seemingly different taste comes from a negative placebo effect because it’s no longer called Coca Cola.
From my experience specifically In some countries coca cola in general has a different taste. I kid you not. I've tried like Bulgarian Turkish and Greek coca cola For some reason the greek coca cola I like it the most. I feel like there's a difference in the amount of co2 or in general how gassy it is. Because I remember buying turkish cola it was DOWNRIGHT undrinkable. Bulgarian is bareable but yeah. I prefer Greek one. Im sure if I ever try Coca cola in Germany or Uk or france it will taste better than here
It can taste different due to supplier changes. eg Mcdonald's imported specific ingredients for their sauces from the USA to Russia. Mexican Coca-Cola (old recipe) vs USA Coca-Cola
You are getting really good in these recent videos, Roman. Seems like you’re digging in the same way John Stewart and John Oliver do. Great insider detail and very informative to Americans interested in the current conflict. Keep going!
In my country(Latvia) Russian language in high school exams is not counted as a subject. Now English is mandatory. Before you could pick either English or Russian.
@@psychosocial5480 I kind of understand why they would do it because we have a lot of Russians who don't even know our native language and they are supporters of Putin but it's still kind of shitty.
@@gandalainsley6467 but how is the language itself harming anyone? or the literature? just feels like you're being judged for speaking russian in latvia
@@psychosocial5480 They're just trying to Latvinize the younger people so that Russia does not have the same shitty excuse it had for invading Ukraine in the future for Latvia. It sucks that they have to do this but if Russia wasn't so aggressive to its neighbours, it wouldn't be necessary.
Interesting that this polish company was named alongside all those famous western brands. I was aware of it since I'm polish and I knew they were pretty successful in certain countries but didn't expect to see them in this video
@@ggerdagg it's LPP which is the conglomerate that owns reserved, cropp and Mohito which are kinda popular fast fashion. Reserved is like H&M but better quality
11:50 Roman, as a Romanian, I can tell you that your second pronunciation for 'Dacia' was spot on. Dacia used to be a Romanian car company, but was purchased by Renault in 1999 and soon thereafter produced the Logan as their flagship model. While at the time the acquisition took many Romanians by surprise, Dacia and Renault had significant prior dealings, as not only the first Dacia ever was based on a Renault licence (Renault 8 => Dacia 1100), but also the Dacia 1300 (Dacia's flagship model during 69-84) was based on the Renault 12.
@@spaghettiisyummy.3623 I second everything Alexander stated above. Dacia's have always been made to last and if one somehow doesn't, the early models are cheap as chips and easy to repair. On the historical front, yes, modern day Romanians trace their lineage back to both ancient Dacia and Rome, as our people's origins lie in Roman-occupied Dacia. As the story goes, most Dacian men were killed in the long war with Rome. Personally, I find this claim a tad exaggerated, as not every man would have served in the military, but certainly a significantly large percentage of Dacian men had died, given the fierceness of the fighting attested to by Roman documents of the time. After the war, as was their custom, Rome sent a large contingent of retired military men to Dacia (they were given land there) and many Dacian women married the newly-arrived Roman conquerors, who managed to latinize the entire region quite thoroughly, leaving a permanent mark on both our culture and our genetic heritage. About 170 years after conquering Dacia, Rome officially abandoned the territory due to the various barbarian incursions of the time. It took well over a thousand years for Romanians to fully unify under one banner again, but it only lasted one year (1600-1601). It took us until 1918 to unify Romania permanently. It's really rough being at the crossroads of three empires. In the interim between Roman occupation and Romanian unification, three Romanian principalities were formed - Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldova - each with it's own distinct regional character, but all of them Romanian. Vlad the Impaler, for example, was a Wallachian ruler. I'd also like to mention that ancient Dacia extended somewhat further afield than Romania's current borders - notably encompassing most of the Panonian Plain (which is, these days, mostly occupied by Hungary). If you ever wondered why Romanians and Hungarians seem to have a grudge against each other, it's because of that (i.e. they're squatting on ancient Dacian lands) and, probably more importantly, the fact that Hungary (to be more precise, the Austro-Hungarian Empire) occupied Transylvania for several hundred years - it's still a bit of a sore spot. But hey, these days we get along pretty well, as long as no one mentions Transylvania or Pannonia.
What I truly don't get is why "Russia" is focusing so much on promoting traditional values, to the extent of being perceived by many in the west as an anti capitalist, anti globalism, anti modernist force, yet it's proving to be addicted to the very same type of western consumer mentality president VP is supposed to be fighting against.
Well, because why not? They can be the same pigs they hate and point to in the west, and they can rest easy thinking that they surely showed west how to do it(but they didnt)
It's stupidity and ressentiment of people with Soviet mentality. You need to be anti-Western no matter what...at least on paper. The whole country is a fucking Potemkin village. Such hypocrisy. Doublethink, whataboutism, etc. I've heard a quote from one of Russian liberals about modern Russian elites, can't remember from whom exactly, "They want to rule like Stalin but live like Abramovich". Russia stopped being a traditional and conservative country after 1917. Commies made sure of that.
>>> perceived by many in the west as an anti capitalist, anti globalism, anti modernist force Anti-globalism -- maybe, anti-capitalism -- definitely no. In fact, Russia now is 100% capitalism.
its not that controling, it keeps alot of criticism that is not on official media. you have around 0%chance of broadcasting criticism on television or printed, but youtube channel that is not that relevant to russian adult community so it is acceptable if you place your words correctly. Russia dont care what other countries think about exept for army and leathership.
My wife and I are in uncontrollable fits of laughter with your opening segment, let me say on behalf of us both that her menstrual “period” is far from “tasty”, Big Mac will never be the same…
PepsiCo does not own 7-Up. Their distribution agreement in the USA expired decades ago prompting them to make Sierra Mist as their PepsiCo version of Sprite/7-Up.
@@jamalooshiTV2 Distributed, not “owned by” PepsiCo. PepsiCo was the US distributor for decades too. The reason that changed is specifically because they do not own 7-Up. They still have a distribution agreement outside the USA so they show up at places that only carry Pepsi products, but that’s all. It’s literally exactly the same in Europe and the Middle East as it was in the USA. Most everyone in the USA thought they were owned by PepsiCo too… until 7-Up started getting replaced with Sierra Mist at many places about 20 years ago.
@@MarkTheCat It looked that way here too but, again, it’s just because they have a long-term contract/distribution agreement. For all intents and purposes they appear to be a PepsiCo brand, but they actually aren’t. This helps Keurig Dr. Pepper penetrate markets and build brand recognition in markets they don’t actually operate in so that a competitor doesn’t swoop in and get established first. They can’t let Coca-Cola establish Sprite in all the foreign markets first lest people wrongly assume 7-Up is a knock-off and Sprite is the original.
Every time Roman says "Tasty Period." I hear "Tasty women's time of the month." Makes me wonder if they serve there food with more ketchup than other places.
Stars is just a shortening of Starbucks. You can use all the same advertising, marketing signs and everything, you just chop the middle of it and you have STARS.
And when you take off the "bucks" part what you are left with is a shorted version of Timati's "Black Star" brand so works very well from his perspective.
Just gotta say bro, I can’t even remember how long I’ve been watching you. Since you got jumped in Chelyabinsk I think🤔 but your deff my fav youtuber. Thanks for everything.
Reminds me of back when I first visited eastern Europe, after the wall, before they joined EU... A pair of Adidos shoes didn't just have 3 stripes, they had 4 stripes! And they only cost 20% of the price of the real thing... Of course they weren't the same comfortable, but they didn't last so long either, so it was uncomfortable for a much shorter time.
"Delicious - period." Yeah. As a Russian, I was shocked. To be honest, nothing has changed in terms of taste, because the products have remained the same, only some positions have been removed, their names have changed and the price has slightly increased.
No, they don't. They sold & left. Idk what Roman is alluding to, bc all they did was *sell* their business before leaving. It would've probably cost too much to transport all their products *already* in stock back with them. But it's not like they're gonna keep *supplying* products, under a different name.
@@dyawr Many companies use weird company constructions that means the money eventually ends up in some holding company that they control. Not all, of course, but many do this.
@@dyawr Uhm no. All these companies just literally changed name and are still in Russia. why is this so hard to believe? You ever researched What Nestle has done? especially in Pakistan? What about Shell in Nigeria. It's not a big stretch at all. It's buisiness as usual.
@@nightmarekhazix4419 But that *is not* what happened. The information is these companies *sold* their branches in Russia & left. What you are saying is your own interpretation/imagination, not something factual.
Roman, I really love your content! I started watching before the latest well War. I remember the conflict in 2014 and, well that's not the point of this. The point is that I am able to intake some emphasis on some light-hearted news with you and you are living in the situation that you're in which as you said is much better than so many others. This makes it easier for me to laugh along with you because I live in the sad States of America and it may be really messed up over here but, it's really messed up everywhere. You are a very smart independent and self-sufficient young man and I hope all the best with your Visa and your next moves in the future. Sorry for lack of punctuation, using speech to text.
Stop watching the Pessimistic News.....and also realize most politics that will affect your everyday life is local.......and at the federal level, most that will affect your life is the supreme court. But federally, the president doesn't have much influence over your daily life. and most of the federal focus is foreign policy and taxes.......They don't pass many laws that affect your daily life. Your governor and state Senate/House have way more impact on the laws that affect your daily life.
Why are you disappointed? Its not like corporations ever had moral standards. The same time they pretend that they care about Ukraine, they have people (even children) working for them in horrendous conditions in some ''developing'' country. Bezos announced that he will devote the larger part of his fortune into reversing climate change, while at the same time people that work for him are not allowed to pee in order to save time and they are monitored on dystopian standards. Even the companies that actually left Russia have closures that allows them to buy the companies back at the nominal amount of 1 dollar/euro.
It would be a lot better if they just...didn't left at all, like just don't hide that you're still here, and that flashmob of sorts does nothing to stop putin, literally
Роман, at 9:30 i completely did not expect that self-burn sarcasm and i had to pause from laughing. Much love to you and yours, and go eat a fucking Big Mac for both of us! Oh щит, btw you love that shirt and it looks so loose on you! Great job with the fitness; no pressure but i am in high stress as well (relative to my own bullshit lets be honest) and i love working out now to control the anxiety. You are an inspiration and are a true G (for Georgian, im dead 🤣🤣).
I heard today that Tasty Period is going to expand internationally. I’m guessing not too far though. Maybe to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and those places.
@@YADADADADADADAKABOOM I mean it's bad for perception of his channel and what he does... This laser focus isn't good for retaining audience when you decide to switch topics and interests. In other words he lacks diversity.
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Another great informative video from you ! Thank you once again, Roman ! However I started to wonder why Renault was rebranded to 'Moskvich' and not for example, to 'V-olga' or 'Z-iguly' which would certainly refer even more to the supposedly glorious Soviet times which Putin wants to reinstate (or maybe those car brands will follow yet once Putin managed to build a corresponding prototype ?) ?!?
As a major corporation , we are pulling all of our company from Russia. . . Do not mind the fact we "sold" (really left it behind) everything, but our logo... Sincerely, Every Corporation in the world.
I know that the word "period" in the restaurants name is there for it to have a meaning like "Just tasty", "Simply tasty" or whatever but in English I just cannot un-hear the fact it could also be interpreted as "Tasty menstruation"......... 🗿🗿🗿
As someone from the States that ate our McDonald's during lunch breaks all the time and tried this "bootleg" McDonald's in Russia I'd opt for the bootleg version lol I'm honestly embarrassed for my country and the quality of life but what can you do, it's shit everywhere and billionaires rule the world. Just make the best of life as you possibly can and try to enjoy every moment of life.
@@stevemcgowen licensed re-seller is the same thing as an apple store, it gives you warranty (an official one that you could use in any apple store) and still sells you the same product.
God, I'm from Russia and didn't leave it (yet?) and I didn't even know about most of these redesigns and bootleg brands. Busy with doomscrolling the news, you know.
In Yekaterinburg i saw in several stores Coca-Cola made in Kazakhstan. I asked employee of store how it is possible. She told me it was delivered from Kostanay.
They import it from everywhere. In Volgograd i had afghan coca cola. In st Petersburg i had Uzbek... Grozny and Vladikavkaz have coca cola imported from ... Georgia !!
@@wormwoodcocktail no it's the original packaging from these countries. When I was in Grozny and asked for a coke, i got a coke bottle with everything written in the Georgian language. So basically they purchase large stocks of coke and cross the border with it, then sell it to local businesses.
Greetings from Russia. I would like to tell you a little more about Coca-Cola in Russia: All factories producing Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite belong to the russian division of Coca-Cola HBC. Sometime in the summer of 2022, the russian division was renamed to "Multon Partners" (this is the name of the plant that produced juices and previously also owned by Coca-Cola) and almost all brands of popular drinks were renamed (by the way, they taste almost the same). I for some reason - then I dug into the information and it turns out that Coca-Cola HBC still remains the parent company renamed "Multon Partner" (that is, Coca-Cola still owns all the factories in Russia, they just changed the name of the russian office and brands) This is incredibly funny :D
Softdrinks are often made by a syrup from a central factory in US and then locally mixed with water, sugar and CO2. Russia can have a large stock of the syrup. Almost all countries have some factory making a cola, orange and lime syrup. It's not the same as the original from US, but close enough.
Great video Roman. Such a shame Russian people are having to suffer these ridiculous sanctions due to the unnecessary aggression shown by your fearless leader. All it's doing is making the World hate the Russian people which is totally unwarranted. Keep up with your fabulous work Roman and hopefully we'll see you back home again very soon.
@@heh9294 I'm not saying it's bad, i'm saying that Russia is over centralized. Yeah, bigger cities generally have it better, but i think it shouldn't be this way when everything best is more likely to be found in only two cities across such a big country.
@@alexeyf1795 Yeah, Moscow is a big overdeveloped cancer in Russia, all taxes go and stay there, all big companies, even that which are founded in other cities are registered in Moscow and S.P. I've been in Moscow like 15 times and it's basically a different country in terms of most things and even it's people. Where are you from, friend?
As a car person, I really enjoyed your section about Renault and very funny that the 'Moskvich' brand is making a comeback (lol!🤣 ) I'm from Ireland and even I'm shocked to hear the 'Moskvich' name is coming back! 🤣In regards to what they will do in terms of car designs, I wouldn't be surprised if some Chinese car company/ies start selling their cars in Russia under these names (e.g. 'Moskvich') thereby utilising the factories and selling their cars to a new market, espcially if 'Moskvich' are planning to go "all-electric", which most Chinese car companies are also doing. Plus, as you mentioned, China doesn't have any sanctions on Russia which means an influx of more Chinese companies (e.g. car companies) is surely more likely
I’m a 80/90 kid from Poland and whenever we encountered something of poor quality we called it ‘from soviet production’ (radzieckiej produkcji). I guess these times are coming back.
@@gohanlopez5330 Because it was a depressing lifestyle. Not exclusive to Poland. We rarely had anything other than tinned food in the grocery stores and commie blocks were ugly copy pasta that ran down quickly.
One company that never left or changed it's name is Maija. Latvian beauty salon chain with stores in Latvia, Russia(including Chelyabinsk), Ukraine(5 salons in Kyiv), Uzbekistan, Lithuania
Basically sanctions lost money for companies that pulled out of Russia and made rich Russians more rich by creating their own label using the same recipes.
Moskvich was known as "mosko joke" in Finland. "Vitsi" is a joke in Finnish so if you say the name like a Finn would say it, it becomes "moskovitsi"...
Even funnier about Moskvich, the factory in Moscow where Renault/Nissan produces its own car it is exactly the same plant where the original Moskvich was produced back in the day. Somewhere in the 2000s factory was bought by Renault and is now back to USSR. Cheers from Kazakhstan, Glory to Ukraine!
>>From kazakh >russian name >when in KAZ - right now is full blown Kazakh's Apartheid on russian people Nice fake, ukraine CIPSyOps-made fake ass troll.
We have moskovich and lada in Cuba. They're easily the worst cars I've ever been on, but if you grew up in a communist or post communist country, they're iconic as hell. You're better off taking a ride on a kamaz truck repurposed for public transport though.
Im from the US (Midwest-Missouri) and if i listen to you long enough ill be able to speak Russian :) (Not all to hard really), I already can "catch the jist" of German from watching so many movies with German dialect, in fact i was born in Germany whenever the Berlin wall still stood. Hello to my favorite (ex) Russian NFKRZ, Splaceba. I grew up pretty rural myself, Lived in a town of 150 and graduated from a school with a total population from K - 12 of only about 400.
I English it's pronounced "day-shah" but in Romanian it's actually pronounced "dah-tsee-yah". So in Russian it be "Дация". Don't know Russian just know Cyrillic. Dacia ia actually a historic name of Romania before the Roman Empire conquered it. Then the car company is named after that historic name of Romania.
Роман, еще заметил одну интересную штуку - СДЕЛАНО В РОССИИ / РОССИЙСКИЙ ПРОДУКТ и прочие похожие фразы на оборотах новых продуктовых позиций в магазинах.
Икея на самом деле не ушла. На Яндекс маркете продаются товары, которые называются "аналоги товаров из Икеи". Хотя, они являются тем же самым товаром, с тех же самых заводов, с того же самого производства. Единственное - нигде больше нет логотипа Икеи.
Ну, это не значит, что не ушла. Линейка продукции не будет обновляться, а если и будут копировать, то уже не по икеевским технологиям, стандартам и низким ценам. Неговоря уж о том, что удобный формат икеевских оффлайн магазинов теряется, который никто в мире нормально у них скопировать не смог.
Reminds me that coca cola companies in nazi germany back in the day had to make their own soft drink because they were no longer allowed to make coke , that soft drink was Fanta.
Technically they were never directly stopped from making coke, but because of the British imposed trade embargo they couldn't get the ingredients they needed to import for it, so they came up with a fully artificial alternative. Fanta
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Regarding the Renault story: the funniest part is that here in France, Renault claims openly that they completely left Russia. Hilarious (and sad at the same time...)
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Not tasty period, but tasty and thats all
Renault has a bit of a history. In 1914, the Renault Taxis stopped the Germans from invading Paris. Troops were transported by taxi to a battle field on the River Marne. Twenty years later Louis Renault (the creator) visited Adolf Hitler. The common market was already being discussed. When France was defeated Renault provided trucks to the Reich, bearing in mind the entire French economy had been negotiated with the new Regime. In 1943, the historical Renault factory outside Paris was bombed by the Allies. In 1945, Renault was confiscated and nationalized by the National Resistance Council or CNR. So, Renault didn't have a good rep at all with regards to war issues, although the brand is very keen on denying their past.
@@j.goggels9115 that’s interesting. Although the same can be said about all the big automobile producers, big brands like BMW and Mercedes. I think that all big companies had to stop trading directly with RF (because the transactions became impossible once Russia was removed from the international banking circuit) but they continue to trade with Russia circumventing sanctions.
PS Dacia was the main car of communist Romania, like Moskvich was for USSR so it doesn’t really matter what they are branded as, they’re both produced by Renault anyway post 1990.
Starbucks had an unique opportunity to rename itself to... TSAR-BUCKS tbh
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I saw an article saying Tasty Period was expanding internationally. They were expanding to Belarus. That made me laugh 🤣
they must be very excited in belarus
Wait Belarus isn’t just a state in Russia??? They sure act like it
@@Swimmerchild I live next to Belarus, we have their real leader. They are currently under the complete control Russia, but hopefully not for long.
I had hoped they went all the way and renamed them all McPutin 🍔🍟🍨
Time for new pads
Fun Fanta Fact:
Back in WW2, the German Coca Cola Factories got cut off from the US HQ. Also the supplies needed to manufacture Cola where used in the war somehow, so they could not produce anyway.
So they just mixed some available stuff together, called it "Fanta" and kept the factories running.
I was thinking the same thing! So, Fanta is a German knockoff of Coca-Cola, while _Dobry_ orange is a knockoff of Fanta! Ironic, yet fitting!
Very true about the Fanta! My memory is a little hazy but as the war ended and the embargo was lifted their first order of business was contacting HQ again with readiness to restart their factories that had been eventually commandeered for ration and utensil production before closing entirely. A good example how a crisis can provide opportunity
And it led to the greatest soda mixture of all time (Coca Cola mixed with Fanta = Schwippschwapp aka MezzoMix)
Fanta, short for fantasie if I remember correctly.
It was originally named Fantasia. Then changed to fanta for international market.
A lot of US companies already went through this with Germany during WW2, they know how to get around the restrictions
I know it’s Fanta all over again lmao
@@sufjo1982 ITS LITERALLY FANTA PART 2
@Wojtek Troll well not really those Russian business don’t care about Russian people as much as American business these are the same guys who stole the means of production after the collapse of ussr
Thanks Roman. After years of following your channel under "normal" circumstances it's a real privilege to watch you succeed and progress despite all the obstacles thrown in your way and hold onto your integrity and character along the way.
Would Roman be arrested if he returns to Russia in the future(if the goverment never changes)? Sooner or later they all have to travel back there at some point and can't hide forever
Congratulations. You are watching the channel of the same person who would have served Hitler in World War II. Enjoy.
@@nobodycares2164 he refuses to serve Putin, the modern-day Hitler. you don't make any sense.
@@81OH4Z4RD USA Killed more than 20 millions people. Literally N2 after Hitler. And They make Lots of Actually nazi propaganda right now. Do you blame them? ofc not. because you're just an ordinary brainwashed nazi animal.
@@nobodycares2164 do you get paid to troll or just don't have a life?
It’s a shame McBurger became a KFC. They could have taken over from McDonald’s. It would have been hilarious to have hundreds of McBurgers all over Russia.
A shame? Did those rich pigs feel a shame ever? Coca cola did not came out of Germany even during ww2 and produced fanta. Did the banks ask were that gold come during ww2? Money never smells. They don't even care about millions of dead people
Clunking bell from SA
@@cisarovnajosefina4525 LMAO
They have the good ol' Moldy Mockburger now. With Ronald Mockdonald as their mascot.
KFC= Kremlin Fried Chicken ?
If a brand wants to get out of Russia or stay in Russia, its their call.
What I dont appreciate is when they just rename and pretend to be gone - thats insulting.
As if almost all big companies don't care about us and only care about money huh.. How shocking.. At this point out of all the companies I know I can't name ONE which is likeable..😂
@@nightmarekhazix4419 It's the core of capitalism, profit above all else. If you go woke, that's because it's now profitable to do so.
They are evil corporations at the end of the day. Coca Cola took fresh drinking water in India while the locals were dying of such pleasant illnesses as cholera.
Would Roman be arrested if he returns to Russia in the future(if the goverment never changes)? Sooner or later they all have to travel back there at some point and can't hide forever
@@nightmarekhazix4419 IKEA?
This feels like Grand Theft Auto universe where real life brands get parody names lol
the same is true for brands in Anime.
russia is basically gta now, because laws in here doesn't work for some people
@@sdj3000 Russia is just a real life video game
@@lol-ih1tl russia is basically ohio at this point
@@lol-ih1tl Always has been for centuries, but the closest equivalent I can get to is the 1990s, which was basically peak anarcho-autism
Dude. I love ur videos. Been watching you for nearly 3 years, and your adaptability through every scenario you’ve been in is inspiring. Keep going Roman, we love u ❤️
I found this quite informative... and entertaining! I knew about _Vkusno_ _i_ _tochka_ and "Stars Coffee", but now, I know just how much the Russian Federation was impacted by Western brands "leaving" the country... in an odd way! Clothing brands called "M" and "Z"? Cyrillized "Hansen"? "Pizza N"?! I think Mikhail Segeyevich is rolling in his grave right now!
At least they were able to get a Fanta knockoff in the form of the orange flavor of _Dobry_ soda. Ironically, Fanta was originally created by Coca-Cola to serve German customers during World War II (US companies were unavailable)... and now, due to a new war in Europe being fought by another dictator, _Dobry_ Orange is Fanta's Fanta!
Thanks for the video!
Actually, Moskvitch already showed a completely new range of cars. And the reason why they're confident about the start of an electric vehicle car production by 2025 is because all of the cars they have presented so far have been re-badged versions of Chinese brands. ;) So they already have a good pool of cars to pull from.
Moskvitch I-IV (very inspired names) are all rebranded JAC cars. On official graphics, they did not even have Moskvitch logos, just JAC badges photoshopped out.
Wait so under sanctions no country can sell to russia?
Wonder how they're going to afford to import them when this crisis might not even be over by then.
Thats kind of a standard procedure in the automotive industry. Very few designs are completely original. Its actually very surprising how many ''new'' models are based on 20+ years old chassis.
also the factory once made Moskovitch anyway, so it made sense.
"car-Jacc'ing" 😁
Kudos for saying "Tasty, Period" as many times as possible.
Yeah, but he wasn't using a comma tho.
69 like…no, I can't…!
@@JohnSmith-tr9us that's what makes it better 😎
>Not naming the flagship meal "Redwings"
Edward Cullen would approve
Zara rebranding to Z is so fucking ironic and perfect.
Fun fact and misunderstanding about coca cola: They originally used coca leaf when coca cola was first invented. This is fairly widely known, it's where it got it's name from. The misconception that alot of people have it's that it doesn't contain coca leaf anymore. It actually does, coca cola is the only non pharmaceutical company that can legally deal with coca leaf (at least in the US). They remove the chemical psychoactive components, sell/donate to hospitals and/or other pharma companies (can't remember exactly), and use the leaf for flavouring. Well, at least that's what they said in the coca cola museum in atlanta, when I went there as a kid back in 2009, could have been a rogue tour guide talking shit idk xD Apparently it's why it's pretty much impossible for any other company copy their exact flavour. Summing it up, they technically still use the coca leaf in coca-cola, just not the cocaine.
Roman, you make me laugh with your wit and humor. I had to do a little research to understand where you come from. My grandparents came from Scandinavia, I'm 70 years old, and we live in the Pacific Northwest, talk slow or not at all sometimes. Your small towns are huge cities to me. I slow your videos to .75 to keep up with your excellent American English. Keep up the important work, especially the variety of your subjects. I hope you land somewhere good and prosper!
Thinking that big companies have moral standards is same as thinking that "special military operation" in Ukraine is justified
I am a resident of Crimea and I support the special operation. Because Ukraine has been threatening to return Crimea militarily all the time, Ukraine turned off our electricity and water. Most of the population in Crimea is pro-Russian
@@mazurrussia and when did you become a resident of Crimea... After 2010?
How about going back home to ruzzia.
@@mazurrussia Didn't they turn off water + electricity after Russian troops (Sorry: Special Forces without any badges or other identification marks) occupied it?
@@mazurrussia Dont you mean "i support russia who tried to erase Ukrainian culture and language and now are trying to do the same thing they did once before" ? or how about "i support fascism and the fact putin wants ukrainians dead for wanting freedom" ?
@@RevCode doesnt justify turning off drinking water
Fanta was created in Germany because Coca-Cola left at the start of WWII.
Ironic there's not even Fanta in Russia now.
lol maybe evervess or добрый will become international brands too in few decades
It was created and then bought out by Coca Cola soo its not actually the same. Also Coca-Cola did encourage the franchise owner of Coca Cola in Germany to produce Fanta th-cam.com/video/EWfMung2Oy0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=TodayIFoundOut
@@xezmakorewarriah more in like "centuries" because of the War Crimes you lost all the younger generations internationally...
Drinking sugar water is only "in a vogue" in Mexico and nowhere else, because people don't like obesity or diabetics. Wait until mcstupid transform to a more healthy version of its old restaurant type and the Russian version will look bleached soulless copy cat that it truly is.
@@rabbitvd6219 you say this as if the drinks pepsico developed for russia arent going to be capitalised on after the war.
@@jonathanodude6660 Well yes that is true they will be eventually if everything opens up will be bought thats how capitalism work. But still it doesnt change the fact how he pointed out Fanta and yet there is still fanta in Russia just under a different name.
Russia saw your video from years ago about Bootleg brands in Chechnya and Crimea and decided to expand the concept.
Here in Romania, Evervess is actually Pepsi's version of Schweppes, but it's really hard to find nowadays as the brand isn't popular. I guess it used to be the same in Russia until now.
I feel like many people underestimate Russia as a market. Backing out of Russia doesn't only affect the Russian economy negatively, but also many western corporates.
Hey from South Africa 🇿🇦 Your vlogs are honestly the highlight of my day. Please keep em coming!
Dude pls send me a castle lager!
SA a country that can go toe to toe in the strange department 😂
cool.. l was thinking lm only SAn following him 😅
🇿🇦🇿🇦🌠🌠
@@tnickknight How so?
@@Ligma-Balls-69 I doubt it will clear customs, Ben. But I will have one for you ;)
lol I'm Polish and i didn't know that Reserved or Cropp are Polish chains. I always thought they're American or something and that they're available in every country like HM or Zara etc. but I guess not
Zara is actually spanish and HM is swedish
Reserved is Polish?
@@dyawr Yes, it is
Kgb established company for sure
@@111krysti Wow, I really wouldn't have thought it's from a Central-Eastern European country!
Brands are psychologically very important. Often more important than the product itself. I actually believe that this new Russian cola is identical to the genuine Coca Cola and the seemingly different taste comes from a negative placebo effect because it’s no longer called Coca Cola.
I cant believe its not Coca Cola
From my experience specifically In some countries coca cola in general has a different taste. I kid you not. I've tried like Bulgarian Turkish and Greek coca cola
For some reason the greek coca cola I like it the most. I feel like there's a difference in the amount of co2 or in general how gassy it is. Because I remember buying turkish cola it was DOWNRIGHT undrinkable. Bulgarian is bareable but yeah. I prefer Greek one. Im sure if I ever try Coca cola in Germany or Uk or france it will taste better than here
@@nightmarekhazix4419 It's strange. To me the Russian Coke is identical to the Swedish one, but Russian pepsi's dogshit
It can taste different due to supplier changes. eg Mcdonald's imported specific ingredients for their sauces from the USA to Russia. Mexican Coca-Cola (old recipe) vs USA Coca-Cola
@@nightmarekhazix4419 Probably down to the type of Sugar/sweetener used. It makes a huge difference.
You are getting really good in these recent videos, Roman. Seems like you’re digging in the same way John Stewart and John Oliver do. Great insider detail and very informative to Americans interested in the current conflict. Keep going!
i hope the best for roman going forward in whatever he does and where ever he is. I feel bad that he lost his homeland and I want the best for him.
He kept the most important part, though; himself and his values.
In my country(Latvia) Russian language in high school exams is not counted as a subject. Now English is mandatory. Before you could pick either English or Russian.
💀
L country
@@psychosocial5480 I kind of understand why they would do it because we have a lot of Russians who don't even know our native language and they are supporters of Putin but it's still kind of shitty.
@@gandalainsley6467 but how is the language itself harming anyone? or the literature? just feels like you're being judged for speaking russian in latvia
@@psychosocial5480 They're just trying to Latvinize the younger people so that Russia does not have the same shitty excuse it had for invading Ukraine in the future for Latvia. It sucks that they have to do this but if Russia wasn't so aggressive to its neighbours, it wouldn't be necessary.
Interesting that this polish company was named alongside all those famous western brands. I was aware of it since I'm polish and I knew they were pretty successful in certain countries but didn't expect to see them in this video
Which one?
Russia gives LPP (Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay) around 25% of all incomes. Just a 'little bit' painful to went out of business in Russia
Cropp was my favourite brand😢
@@ggerdagg it's LPP which is the conglomerate that owns reserved, cropp and Mohito which are kinda popular fast fashion. Reserved is like H&M but better quality
Same dude
11:50 Roman, as a Romanian, I can tell you that your second pronunciation for 'Dacia' was spot on.
Dacia used to be a Romanian car company, but was purchased by Renault in 1999 and soon thereafter produced the Logan as their flagship model. While at the time the acquisition took many Romanians by surprise, Dacia and Renault had significant prior dealings, as not only the first Dacia ever was based on a Renault licence (Renault 8 => Dacia 1100), but also the Dacia 1300 (Dacia's flagship model during 69-84) was based on the Renault 12.
Wasn't Dacia an Old Kingdom that Romania sort of Comes from?
@@Alexander-jr8nw Idk.
Are Golf MK 2s still Cheap?
If not, i just might have to pick Between Dacia and Animelandian...
If i were to ever have a Car!
@@spaghettiisyummy.3623 I second everything Alexander stated above. Dacia's have always been made to last and if one somehow doesn't, the early models are cheap as chips and easy to repair.
On the historical front, yes, modern day Romanians trace their lineage back to both ancient Dacia and Rome, as our people's origins lie in Roman-occupied Dacia.
As the story goes, most Dacian men were killed in the long war with Rome. Personally, I find this claim a tad exaggerated, as not every man would have served in the military, but certainly a significantly large percentage of Dacian men had died, given the fierceness of the fighting attested to by Roman documents of the time. After the war, as was their custom, Rome sent a large contingent of retired military men to Dacia (they were given land there) and many Dacian women married the newly-arrived Roman conquerors, who managed to latinize the entire region quite thoroughly, leaving a permanent mark on both our culture and our genetic heritage.
About 170 years after conquering Dacia, Rome officially abandoned the territory due to the various barbarian incursions of the time. It took well over a thousand years for Romanians to fully unify under one banner again, but it only lasted one year (1600-1601). It took us until 1918 to unify Romania permanently. It's really rough being at the crossroads of three empires.
In the interim between Roman occupation and Romanian unification, three Romanian principalities were formed - Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldova - each with it's own distinct regional character, but all of them Romanian. Vlad the Impaler, for example, was a Wallachian ruler.
I'd also like to mention that ancient Dacia extended somewhat further afield than Romania's current borders - notably encompassing most of the Panonian Plain (which is, these days, mostly occupied by Hungary). If you ever wondered why Romanians and Hungarians seem to have a grudge against each other, it's because of that (i.e. they're squatting on ancient Dacian lands) and, probably more importantly, the fact that Hungary (to be more precise, the Austro-Hungarian Empire) occupied Transylvania for several hundred years - it's still a bit of a sore spot. But hey, these days we get along pretty well, as long as no one mentions Transylvania or Pannonia.
@@Alexander-jr8nw Aight, Thanks!
@@DarkVeghetta Neat!
Timati is quickly becoming a recurring villain in this series lmao
What I truly don't get is why "Russia" is focusing so much on promoting traditional values, to the extent of being perceived by many in the west as an anti capitalist, anti globalism, anti modernist force, yet it's proving to be addicted to the very same type of western consumer mentality president VP is supposed to be fighting against.
Well, because why not? They can be the same pigs they hate and point to in the west, and they can rest easy thinking that they surely showed west how to do it(but they didnt)
You have to give the people a little of what they want. Not too much, though.
@@ObiWanShinobi67 granted, but then that implies they dont care about the orthodox traditional values
It's stupidity and ressentiment of people with Soviet mentality. You need to be anti-Western no matter what...at least on paper. The whole country is a fucking Potemkin village. Such hypocrisy. Doublethink, whataboutism, etc. I've heard a quote from one of Russian liberals about modern Russian elites, can't remember from whom exactly, "They want to rule like Stalin but live like Abramovich". Russia stopped being a traditional and conservative country after 1917. Commies made sure of that.
>>> perceived by many in the west as an anti capitalist, anti globalism, anti modernist force
Anti-globalism -- maybe, anti-capitalism -- definitely no.
In fact, Russia now is 100% capitalism.
8:57 In Philippine English, CR are initials for Comfort Room, which is equivalent to the term 'restroom' in most English speaking countries.
Love you man you are brave for making these videos keep going you are an inspiration to us all
exposing weakness isnt bravery .
@@densidste9137 How is he exposing weakness? Talking out against his government which is controlling
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its not that controling, it keeps alot of criticism that is not on official media. you have around 0%chance of broadcasting criticism on television or printed, but youtube channel that is not that relevant to russian adult community so it is acceptable if you place your words correctly. Russia dont care what other countries think about exept for army and leathership.
@@vasinik Oh, I see you Russian my boy)
In Swedish, "pizzan" means "the pizza". Great video, Roma! 👏
My wife and I are in uncontrollable fits of laughter with your opening segment, let me say on behalf of us both that her menstrual “period” is far from “tasty”, Big Mac will never be the same…
PepsiCo does not own 7-Up. Their distribution agreement in the USA expired decades ago prompting them to make Sierra Mist as their PepsiCo version of Sprite/7-Up.
Yes they do, but in Europe and Middle East, of course 7up in USA is owned by Dr Pepper, but everywhere (except USA) is owned by PEPSICO
@@jamalooshiTV2 Distributed, not “owned by” PepsiCo. PepsiCo was the US distributor for decades too. The reason that changed is specifically because they do not own 7-Up. They still have a distribution agreement outside the USA so they show up at places that only carry Pepsi products, but that’s all. It’s literally exactly the same in Europe and the Middle East as it was in the USA. Most everyone in the USA thought they were owned by PepsiCo too… until 7-Up started getting replaced with Sierra Mist at many places about 20 years ago.
In Russia all 7-Ups were labeled as brand of PepsiCo Russia. I guess, PepsiCo does have rights for 7-Up, but not everywhere, and not in USA.
@@MarkTheCat It looked that way here too but, again, it’s just because they have a long-term contract/distribution agreement. For all intents and purposes they appear to be a PepsiCo brand, but they actually aren’t. This helps Keurig Dr. Pepper penetrate markets and build brand recognition in markets they don’t actually operate in so that a competitor doesn’t swoop in and get established first. They can’t let Coca-Cola establish Sprite in all the foreign markets first lest people wrongly assume 7-Up is a knock-off and Sprite is the original.
As a non American , I've never seen a local 7up that mentioned anything about the brand being licensed from Dr Pepper
Every time Roman says "Tasty Period." I hear "Tasty women's time of the month."
Makes me wonder if they serve there food with more ketchup than other places.
Ho ho. Dirty...
It's called dot/point in russian cause it's what is at the end of sentences
I think it translates rather like “Tasty, that’s all”, some expressions can’t be translated word-by-word.
It's Tasty Period would be a good slogan for a restaurant, not for a restaurant itself.
@@minime7375 no
Stars is just a shortening of Starbucks. You can use all the same advertising, marketing signs and everything, you just chop the middle of it and you have STARS.
So clever i like it. And the logo is awesome.
And when you take off the "bucks" part what you are left with is a shorted version of Timati's "Black Star" brand so works very well from his perspective.
Just gotta say bro, I can’t even remember how long I’ve been watching you. Since you got jumped in Chelyabinsk I think🤔 but your deff my fav youtuber. Thanks for everything.
The tasty, period restaurants still have McDonald’s sauce packets but with the M markered over
Surely it should be Tsarbucks
Reminds me of back when I first visited eastern Europe, after the wall, before they joined EU...
A pair of Adidos shoes didn't just have 3 stripes, they had 4 stripes! And they only cost 20% of the price of the real thing...
Of course they weren't the same comfortable, but they didn't last so long either, so it was uncomfortable for a much shorter time.
Tasty period is even funnier when you're British and you don't even call full stops periods.
Period in this case is a word play. Kind of. It can be translated as a full stop and something like "Tasty, and that's it"
"Delicious - period." Yeah. As a Russian, I was shocked. To be honest, nothing has changed in terms of taste, because the products have remained the same, only some positions have been removed, their names have changed and the price has slightly increased.
It also has some bugs in the meat.
Western companies be like "oooh, we are so moral and condemn this in the harshest way possible" and then just keep doing what they were doing... lol
No, they don't. They sold & left. Idk what Roman is alluding to, bc all they did was *sell* their business before leaving. It would've probably cost too much to transport all their products *already* in stock back with them. But it's not like they're gonna keep *supplying* products, under a different name.
@@dyawr Many companies use weird company constructions that means the money eventually ends up in some holding company that they control. Not all, of course, but many do this.
@@Lemonz1989 Yeah, but that's just speculation at this point. You were talking like this is actually happening here, as a fact.
@@dyawr Uhm no. All these companies just literally changed name and are still in Russia. why is this so hard to believe? You ever researched What Nestle has done? especially in Pakistan? What about Shell in Nigeria. It's not a big stretch at all. It's buisiness as usual.
@@nightmarekhazix4419 But that *is not* what happened. The information is these companies *sold* their branches in Russia & left. What you are saying is your own interpretation/imagination, not something factual.
Roman, I really love your content! I started watching before the latest well War. I remember the conflict in 2014 and, well that's not the point of this. The point is that I am able to intake some emphasis on some light-hearted news with you and you are living in the situation that you're in which as you said is much better than so many others. This makes it easier for me to laugh along with you because I live in the sad States of America and it may be really messed up over here but, it's really messed up everywhere. You are a very smart independent and self-sufficient young man and I hope all the best with your Visa and your next moves in the future. Sorry for lack of punctuation, using speech to text.
Stop watching the Pessimistic News.....and also realize most politics that will affect your everyday life is local.......and at the federal level, most that will affect your life is the supreme court.
But federally, the president doesn't have much influence over your daily life. and most of the federal focus is foreign policy and taxes.......They don't pass many laws that affect your daily life. Your governor and state Senate/House have way more impact on the laws that affect your daily life.
Hope you're well installed in your new country. Great video as always!
I’m really disappointed but not surprised that businesses “left” Russia, and yet still has their stores in it…
Why are you disappointed? Its not like corporations ever had moral standards. The same time they pretend that they care about Ukraine, they have people (even children) working for them in horrendous conditions in some ''developing'' country. Bezos announced that he will devote the larger part of his fortune into reversing climate change, while at the same time people that work for him are not allowed to pee in order to save time and they are monitored on dystopian standards. Even the companies that actually left Russia have closures that allows them to buy the companies back at the nominal amount of 1 dollar/euro.
It would be a lot better if they just...didn't left at all, like just don't hide that you're still here, and that flashmob of sorts does nothing to stop putin, literally
Роман, at 9:30 i completely did not expect that self-burn sarcasm and i had to pause from laughing. Much love to you and yours, and go eat a fucking Big Mac for both of us!
Oh щит, btw you love that shirt and it looks so loose on you! Great job with the fitness; no pressure but i am in high stress as well (relative to my own bullshit lets be honest) and i love working out now to control the anxiety. You are an inspiration and are a true G (for Georgian, im dead 🤣🤣).
I heard today that Tasty Period is going to expand internationally. I’m guessing not too far though. Maybe to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and those places.
Man found a content goldmine... We will never see the old content again.
I mean can you blame him? When the war ends he'll probably vlog again.
@@YADADADADADADAKABOOM I mean it's bad for perception of his channel and what he does... This laser focus isn't good for retaining audience when you decide to switch topics and interests. In other words he lacks diversity.
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Another great informative video from you ! Thank you once again, Roman ! However I started to wonder why Renault was rebranded to 'Moskvich' and not for example, to 'V-olga' or 'Z-iguly' which would certainly refer even more to the supposedly glorious Soviet times which Putin wants to reinstate (or maybe those car brands will follow yet once Putin managed to build a corresponding prototype ?) ?!?
>>> and not for example, to 'V-olga' or 'Z-iguly'
These brand are not Moscow brands. They are produced by AvtoVAZ.
Thank you for keeping information flowing.
If this doesn't show people just how evil these companies are I don't know what will.
Why exactly are they evil?
@@joeschmoe3815 They act like they're leaving Russia and damaging them, when actually they're just rebranding the stores.
It's called business baby...
@@stepgames7698 Most companies sold the business to either Russian or Chinese. How is that a rebranding?
@@sureduck Some are selling them, but for example the Pepsi one? That still profits pepsi, just has a different name.
As a major corporation , we are pulling all of our company from Russia. . .
Do not mind the fact we "sold" (really left it behind) everything, but our logo...
Sincerely, Every Corporation in the world.
What should they have done? Burn the facilities to the ground?
It's just like Fanta in Germany all over again
I know that the word "period" in the restaurants name is there for it to have a meaning like "Just tasty", "Simply tasty" or whatever but in English I just cannot un-hear the fact it could also be interpreted as "Tasty menstruation"......... 🗿🗿🗿
Yup.
Only in your head.
The funny part is that vkusno i tochka is a pain to say, so it gets shortened to vkusochka. Which sounds like “ass taste”
As someone from the States that ate our McDonald's during lunch breaks all the time and tried this "bootleg" McDonald's in Russia I'd opt for the bootleg version lol
I'm honestly embarrassed for my country and the quality of life but what can you do, it's shit everywhere and billionaires rule the world. Just make the best of life as you possibly can and try to enjoy every moment of life.
Your videos are getting better. Great reporting 👍
I saw a TikTok that showed this.
Closed Apple store, but there's a store selling only Apple phones right next to it
Apple never had a store in Ruzzia…
@@stevemcgowen they have a licenced reseller there, same thing
@@elythas128 Re-sellers aren't Apple Stores. That's like saying Target is an Apple Store...
@@stevemcgowen licensed re-seller is the same thing as an apple store, it gives you warranty (an official one that you could use in any apple store) and still sells you the same product.
@@yyawnin yeah exactly
Not mentioned was Burger King where the American corporate somehow lost control of Russian Burger King
God, I'm from Russia and didn't leave it (yet?) and I didn't even know about most of these redesigns and bootleg brands. Busy with doomscrolling the news, you know.
In Yekaterinburg i saw in several stores Coca-Cola made in Kazakhstan. I asked employee of store how it is possible. She told me it was delivered from Kostanay.
They import it from everywhere. In Volgograd i had afghan coca cola. In st Petersburg i had Uzbek... Grozny and Vladikavkaz have coca cola imported from ... Georgia !!
So, what, it just says “packaged in Georgia / Uzbekistan / etc.” on the label?
Also, do you guys get calorie and nutrient information on your labels?
@@wormwoodcocktail no it's the original packaging from these countries. When I was in Grozny and asked for a coke, i got a coke bottle with everything written in the Georgian language. So basically they purchase large stocks of coke and cross the border with it, then sell it to local businesses.
Greetings from Russia. I would like to tell you a little more about Coca-Cola in Russia:
All factories producing Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite belong to the russian division of Coca-Cola HBC. Sometime in the summer of 2022, the russian division was renamed to "Multon Partners" (this is the name of the plant that produced juices and previously also owned by Coca-Cola) and almost all brands of popular drinks were renamed (by the way, they taste almost the same).
I for some reason - then I dug into the information and it turns out that Coca-Cola HBC still remains the parent company renamed "Multon Partner" (that is, Coca-Cola still owns all the factories in Russia, they just changed the name of the russian office and brands)
This is incredibly funny :D
Well some brands like YSL,Armani and Valentino even returned to Russia lately
That KFC rap is 🔥
🐔 approves 🐔
Softdrinks are often made by a syrup from a central factory in US and then locally mixed with water, sugar and CO2. Russia can have a large stock of the syrup. Almost all countries have some factory making a cola, orange and lime syrup. It's not the same as the original from US, but close enough.
Great video Roman. Such a shame Russian people are having to suffer these ridiculous sanctions due to
the unnecessary aggression shown by your fearless leader. All it's doing is making the World hate the
Russian people which is totally unwarranted. Keep up with your fabulous work Roman and hopefully we'll
see you back home again very soon.
Kid; "Mom i want Mac Donalds"
Russia: " We have Mac Donalds at home"
I looked it up, Chelyabinsk has 1.1M people. That's a major city to me! My own city is smaller and I don't consider myself "rural."
In Russia every city that isn't St.Petersburg or Moscow is rural.
@@alexeyf1795 I don't think Chelyabinsk or any other city with 500k~ or more people are that bad as everybody says, living in one myself
@@heh9294 I'm not saying it's bad, i'm saying that Russia is over centralized. Yeah, bigger cities generally have it better, but i think it shouldn't be this way when everything best is more likely to be found in only two cities across such a big country.
@@alexeyf1795 Yeah, Moscow is a big overdeveloped cancer in Russia, all taxes go and stay there, all big companies, even that which are founded in other cities are registered in Moscow and S.P. I've been in Moscow like 15 times and it's basically a different country in terms of most things and even it's people. Where are you from, friend?
Yeah it's Dacia with "ch" as in "cheese", you nailed it the second time :D Keep up the good work, Roman, I love your videos 🤘
As a car person, I really enjoyed your section about Renault and very funny that the 'Moskvich' brand is making a comeback (lol!🤣 ) I'm from Ireland and even I'm shocked to hear the 'Moskvich' name is coming back! 🤣In regards to what they will do in terms of car designs, I wouldn't be surprised if some Chinese car company/ies start selling their cars in Russia under these names (e.g. 'Moskvich') thereby utilising the factories and selling their cars to a new market, espcially if 'Moskvich' are planning to go "all-electric", which most Chinese car companies are also doing. Plus, as you mentioned, China doesn't have any sanctions on Russia which means an influx of more Chinese companies (e.g. car companies) is surely more likely
I’m a 80/90 kid from Poland and whenever we encountered something of poor quality we called it ‘from soviet production’ (radzieckiej produkcji). I guess these times are coming back.
Why is USSR always associated with a depressing lifestyle? Isn't communism supposed to be a utopia? Does Poland have their own communist party?
@@gohanlopez5330 Because it was a depressing lifestyle. Not exclusive to Poland.
We rarely had anything other than tinned food in the grocery stores and commie blocks were ugly copy pasta that ran down quickly.
One company that never left or changed it's name is Maija. Latvian beauty salon chain with stores in Latvia, Russia(including Chelyabinsk), Ukraine(5 salons in Kyiv), Uzbekistan, Lithuania
Basically sanctions lost money for companies that pulled out of Russia and made rich Russians more rich by creating their own label using the same recipes.
3:47 Pizzan in Swedish means "the pizza".
This is a very interesting overview on products. Well done!
Moskvich was known as "mosko joke" in Finland. "Vitsi" is a joke in Finnish so if you say the name like a Finn would say it, it becomes "moskovitsi"...
Wow! Vicc= joke in hungarian. Cool
This reminds me of the origins of Fanta.
Companies truly don't care about anything except money
Even funnier about Moskvich, the factory in Moscow where Renault/Nissan produces its own car it is exactly the same plant where the original Moskvich was produced back in the day.
Somewhere in the 2000s factory was bought by Renault and is now back to USSR.
Cheers from Kazakhstan, Glory to Ukraine!
Communist, "We hate capitalism."
Meanwhile, communist, "Let's rob their stuff and ideas and change the name.'
Slava Oocrane-ah??
Close enough
You’re from Kazakhstan and you support Ukraine? LOL your president is another puppet of Russia you aren’t safe
>>From kazakh
>russian name
>when in KAZ - right now is full blown Kazakh's Apartheid on russian people
Nice fake, ukraine CIPSyOps-made fake ass troll.
We have moskovich and lada in Cuba. They're easily the worst cars I've ever been on, but if you grew up in a communist or post communist country, they're iconic as hell. You're better off taking a ride on a kamaz truck repurposed for public transport though.
Im from the US (Midwest-Missouri) and if i listen to you long enough ill be able to speak Russian :) (Not all to hard really), I already can "catch the jist" of German from watching so many movies with German dialect, in fact i was born in Germany whenever the Berlin wall still stood.
Hello to my favorite (ex) Russian NFKRZ, Splaceba. I grew up pretty rural myself, Lived in a town of 150 and graduated from a school with a total population from K - 12 of only about 400.
Thanks for your work, Roman.
For sure these companies are now sweating fast.
Sadly I doubt it. The majority in the west are unaware of it.
@@murmenaattori6 Yea,you're right but hey at least roman gave us a new video to learn.
Renault Logan in Romania and the rest of Europe is called Dacia, which is pronounced as Дачия, not Дасиа. Your second pronunciation was spot on.
I English it's pronounced "day-shah" but in Romanian it's actually pronounced "dah-tsee-yah". So in Russian it be "Дация". Don't know Russian just know Cyrillic.
Dacia ia actually a historic name of Romania before the Roman Empire conquered it. Then the car company is named after that historic name of Romania.
Роман, еще заметил одну интересную штуку - СДЕЛАНО В РОССИИ / РОССИЙСКИЙ ПРОДУКТ и прочие похожие фразы на оборотах новых продуктовых позиций в магазинах.
Tasty Period is becoming an evergreen topic for content.
>>> Good overall recap on the many brands that have left, and where things stand...
Tasty period will never stop being funny.
Russian: Russia is becoming a bootleg country
Chinese: Welcome to the club.
Companies may have left but they left inventory behind. Syrup/Concentrate stocks left behind could keep production going for a while.
Roman... Keep it up... You're doing great despite all the hardships!
Big company's moral standards last as long as profit.
Instead of the new name for KFC it should keep the acronym and change it to Kabardino-balkaria Fried Chicken
Икея на самом деле не ушла. На Яндекс маркете продаются товары, которые называются "аналоги товаров из Икеи". Хотя, они являются тем же самым товаром, с тех же самых заводов, с того же самого производства. Единственное - нигде больше нет логотипа Икеи.
IKEA sold their factories in Russia so it makes sense.
Там очень мало
ебало то завали
Ну, это не значит, что не ушла. Линейка продукции не будет обновляться, а если и будут копировать, то уже не по икеевским технологиям, стандартам и низким ценам. Неговоря уж о том, что удобный формат икеевских оффлайн магазинов теряется, который никто в мире нормально у них скопировать не смог.
@@nemosius а что у магазинов Икея такого уникального?
I like that you and other you tubers are calling out those companies.
11:54 the 2nd is exactly how its pronounced in romanian so well done
Reminds me that coca cola companies in nazi germany back in the day had to make their own soft drink because they were no longer allowed to make coke , that soft drink was Fanta.
Technically they were never directly stopped from making coke, but because of the British imposed trade embargo they couldn't get the ingredients they needed to import for it, so they came up with a fully artificial alternative. Fanta
I'm wondering how Starbucks didn't became Tsarbucks