Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the situation with the suspension of the work of “World” cards in Armenia.
According to him, there is an explanation for this. He recalled that Moscow has repeatedly stated that many countries are facing unprecedented pressure from the United States and are threatened with primary and secondary sanctions.
“Of course, economic institutions, companies and banks take precautions to protect themselves from losses. This does not mean that we will not continue to work with our Armenian friends to eliminate our own risks and improve the situation. “This is possible, and we, together with our Armenian friends, continue to discuss and compensate for the damage caused by this unprecedented American pressure,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
On the night of March 30, most Armenian banks stopped It serves Russian Mir cards. The operator of the national payment system Armenian Card (ArCa) confirmed to TASS that from that day banks working with ArCa stopped working with the Russian payment system.
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