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Armenian Banks To Ditch Russian Cards Over US Sanctions

Ditching the use of Mir cards is the latest in a string of diplomatic rows between Armenia and Russia (Credit: AFP)

Armenian banks on Friday said they would stop processing transactions made by Russian Mir payment cards due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

In September 2022, the US Treasury Department threatened foreign banks with secondary sanctions for servicing Mir cards, a Russian card payment system.

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