YEKATERINBURG, September 9 (RAPSI) – A court in Yekaterinburg ruled Tuesday to shut down for 80 days McDonald’s restaurant in the center of the city over sanitary violations, RIA Novosti reported.

Another McDonald's restaurant was closed in Krasnodar earlier. McDonald’s representatives have appealed the court ruling.

Last month, inspections of McDonald’s restaurants began across Russia, where the fast-food chain has over 430 restaurants in 75 regions.

According to the company’s press service, a number of restaurants have been suspended over sanitary violations, including restaurants in Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, the former Olympic host city of Sochi, and the list keeps growing.

Russia's food safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor claims that the area of the restaurants is limited, some meals do not meet hygienic standards.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said that there were no plans for an inspection of the whole chain in Russia.  Anna Popova, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, brushed off accusations that the inspections were politically motivated.