Pressure grows on McDonald’s and Coca-Cola to suspend Russia operations

Calls for boycott include other big western food and drink companies such as PepsiCo, KFC, Starbucks and Burger King

McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and other major western food and drink companies are under mounting pressure to pull out of Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, amid calls for consumer boycotts of the brands.

The companies have been criticised for their failure to speak out about the invasion, and for continuing to operate in Russia, while a host of other firms such as Netflix, Levi's, Burberry and Ikea have halted business in the country.