Russian company Eastern Trading House will introduce fast food chains, five pharmacies and a taxi company in North Korea,  the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said in an announcement on December 16.

“As the starter project, the company is to open a network of five drugstores under the brand of Katyusha (Катюша) … and the creation of a taxi company providing taxi services using the Russian vehicles Gazel and PAZ, was also discussed,” read the announcement from the Russian Embassy.

The statement also mentioned the opening of a fast food franchise called Holy Smoke (Ёлки-палки) in Pyongyang.