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he's in Russia, isn't this sanctioned?
by phpnode 4y ago
he's in Russia, isn't this sanctioned?
- netsharc 4y agoAFAIK: technically only a limited amount of companies and people are sanctioned, but the sanction list includes most if not all Russian banks... So I think Patreon, etc, or their banks would be scared about transferring money to his bank account. I wonder if external banking is possible: a Russian goes to a supermarket in Russia, he buys food, he pays by transferring money from his e.g. Swiss bank account to the supermarket owner's Swiss bank account. The supermarket owner wins because s/he basically managed to trade local goods for foreign currency (the Ruble is on shaky ground), the customer wins because he gets to eat. I think I remember paying for a hotel in Russia using PayPal but transferring the money to a German bank account of the hotel owner's cousin or something...
- postsantum 4y agoVisa and MC issued in Russia work just fine, no need for external banking
- another_kel 4y agoThey don't work «just fine». They only work within russia. You can't pay for any foreign stuff wit it, you can't even pay in the app store. People who can afford it literally travel to Belarus\Kazakhstan for a weekend just to get a debit card that works worldwide.
- postsantum 4y agoOnly a small fraction of russians needs to pay online for foreign stuff. Besides that, UnionPay cards are available, you can use them to withdraw money in most countries and shop online sometimes
- duxup 4y agoThere are some US companies on their sponsors section so maybe it is possible: https://www.npmjs.com/package/core-js https://www.npmjs.com/package/core-js