In Ankara, Turkey, you can pay for a number of services using the Gazprombank card of the UnionPay system, but you cannot withdraw cash from an ATM. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
According to the agency, payments can be easily made with a Gazprombank card in restaurants or shopping malls in Ankara on Friday evening and Saturday morning, but this option is not available when trying to withdraw money from both public and private ATMs. . Card users receive an error and are asked to contact a Russian financial institution.
21 November USA extended List of sanctions against the Russian Federation, including a number of legal entities, including Gazprombank. At the same time, US citizens were allowed to conduct financial transactions related to the official activities of diplomatic and consular missions of the Russian Federation abroad if the transactions involve the participation of Gazprombank or its affiliates with a participation interest of more than 50 percent.
It was reported that due to the sanctions, Turkey, UAE, Hungary, Vietnam, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Thailand stopped providing service to UnionPay cards issued by Gazprombank.
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Source: Gazeta
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