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While Mir and UnionPay was already popular-ish in Russia, I don't think "Visa & MasterCard cut off Russia" is true. They merely separated the networks so Visa c
by chockchocschoir 5y ago
While Mir and UnionPay was already popular-ish in Russia, I don't think "Visa & MasterCard cut off Russia" is true. They merely separated the networks so Visa cards from outside Russia won't work inside, and vice-versa. But I haven't physically verified this myself.