Restaurant spitting video

A video that appeared to show a Vkusno i Tochka employee spitting into a customer’s burger in Russia resurfaced this week and spread widely on X. (ria.ru) Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported on July 15, 2025, that the chain said the worker no longer worked there after the incident. RBC reported the restaurant was in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in Russia’s Rostov region. (ria.ru) (rbc.ru) The company told both outlets it would tighten manager oversight and take additional steps to prevent a repeat. Neither report said the company publicly identified the employee. (ria.ru) (rbc.ru) Vkusno i Tochka is the Russian fast-food chain that took over former McDonald’s restaurants after McDonald’s exited the country in 2022. The company said in June 2025 that it had more than 930 locations in 65 Russian regions. (tass.ru) (vkusnoitochka.ru) The clip is circulating again in April 2026 through reposts on X, but the verified reporting attached to it points to a July 2025 incident, not a new case this week. X posts linked by users show the video’s renewed spread, while the underlying reporting dates back nine months. (x.com) (ria.ru) Some secondary reports said the employee claimed he had been provoked by customer abuse or threats, but those details did not appear in the company statements carried by RIA or RBC. Those reports should be treated as unverified unless backed by direct police or company records. (english.pravda.ru) (ria.ru) The chain has not, in the sources reviewed here, announced criminal charges or a health-inspection outcome tied to the episode. Publicly confirmed facts remain narrower: a viral video, a dismissal, and a promise of tighter controls. (ria.ru) (rbc.ru) So the current story is less about a newly reported food-safety breach than about an older clip finding a new audience online. The company’s documented response was issued in mid-July 2025, and that remains the clearest verified account of what happened. (ria.ru) (rbc.ru)