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A comment on McDonald’s to Exit from Russia. Parent comment

Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by chupasaurus on Monday May 16, 2022 @01:04PM (#31400337)
In 19th century, almost every Russian either spoke French fluently, was a priest or couldn't read.
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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by sorokod on Monday May 16, 2022 @03:25PM (#31402134)
Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is about 2% French (~40 pages), the language of the Russian aristocracy at the time
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