Russia is of great importance with a number of countries about the game “Mir” – Russian Foreign Ministry
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Russia is a member of the combined domestic payment card “Mir”, said Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin.
According to him, the priority of using the geography of using Mir cards increased the unreasonable blocking of all Russian customers by the largest international card payment systems.
“At different stages they appear with Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, India, China, Cuba, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand and other countries,” the diplomat said in an interview. TASS.
In mid-July, Nigerian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Abdullahi Shehu said that the financial group of the West African state is considering the possibility of using Mir payment system cards in the country. He added that while you need to have cash in dollars, euros or pounds to go to Africa, it is unlikely that you will be able to exchange rubles there.
Earlier, Ph.D. in Economics, financial analyst Mikhail Belyaev told Moscow 24 that the Mir card in the future could work in the countries of the East and countries whose economies are focused on tourists. He also did not rule out that in the future the Mir card could work in all European countries that receive a large number of tourists from Russia.
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