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McDonald’s, facing mounting scrutiny from Russia’s consumer-safety agency, said more than 100 of its restaurants are now being inspected in the country following the forced closing of 12 locations.

McDonald’s temporarily shut four restaurants in Krasnodar, in southern Russia, on an order from the Rospotrebnadzor agency, according to Svetlana Polyakova, a Moscow spokeswoman for the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company. The chain previously closed eight other outlets since Aug. 20 — including Russia’s first and largest McDonald’s, located in central Moscow.

Rospotrebnadzor has cited McDonald’s violations of sanitary regulations, though the timing and scope of the move have raised concerns that it’s a response to Western sanctions on Russia. The attitudes of Russian people also have turned against American companies following a territorial dispute over Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula, said Yulia Bushueva, a managing director at Arbat Capital.

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