“Every inch of the land of the Motherland is beloved,” one Instagram post on a verified McDonald’s account read, alongside a map showing Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan.
“Victory is with you, Azerbaijani Soldier!” a Burger King branch posted. “Karabakh is Azerbaijan.” The account, while not officially verified by Instagram, appeared to host promotional materials dating back years, to its opening.
In a statement on Tuesday to The Washington Post, a McDonald’s corporate spokesperson confirmed that a franchisee in Azerbaijan had removed the social media content in question but would not…
