A Russian restaurateur and a pro-Kremlin rapper who together bought the Starbucks business in Russia last year are now taking over the Russian assets of Domino's Pizza. Anton Pinsky and Timati said they would run the restaurants under the barely changed brand Domino Pizza, with the "i" in Domino replaced by the equivalent Russian letter и. They said they would retain the franchise's partners, 120 restaurants, and more than 2,000 employees in Russia. Pinsky told reporters the pair had already invested hundreds of millions of rubles in the business. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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