Mr Putin realises that his hope of transforming living standards is fading: he periodically berates his ministers, ordering them to get growth numbers up and inflation down.
At a downtown Chicago McDonald's that doesn't yet have the screens to display order numbers, but is starting to implement dual-point ordering by calling out the number on the receipts, service was fast and friendly on a recent day.
With customers doing their own ordering and billing through the Internet, databases must be able to handle vast numbers of concurrent users and provide information fast.
Redditors launched a vigilante campaign, posting numbers for local law enforcement and media outlets (as well as pranking the judge by ordering pizzas to his home).