 Burger King originally began plans to enter the Russian market as far back as 2006 by partnering with local coffee house chain <unk> . However the company 's plans were delayed several years ; it finally opened its first Russian location in January 2010 at the Metropolis Shopping Mall in North Moscow , and by mid @-@ 2012 the company had almost 70 locations . 2012 saw Russia became the focus of a major international expansion for Burger King with a new plan to increase its presence in that country . The deal between Burger King , Russian master franchise Burger Rus and Russian investment bank <unk> Capital is designed to grow the company from its January 2012 level of 57 to more than 300 within a few years . A good portion of the planned expansion will be focused in the Siberian region of the country , an area that is underserved by fast food chains . Further , the agreement solidified Burger Rus as the exclusive master franchise for the country . Burger Rus chair Dmitry <unk> announced the first Siberian location will be in the city of <unk> by the end of 2012 , with more locations in 2013 . While the chain entered the Russian Market some twenty years after rival McDonald 's , its expansion plans are intended to rapidly put it on a more even footing with McDonald 's and <unk> surpass it as at the time of the announcement , McDonald 's had yet to open any locations east of the Ural mountains . 
