$ 1 million for each map of the Russian: Visa threatens banks from the Russian Federation - media (photo)

According to journalists, representatives of the payment system sent messages to banks. They say that the violation of the ban will be fines. The Visa international payment system has sent to banks neighboring countries with the threat of penalties for opening accounts to Russian citizens. The Russian journalist Gera Ugryumov, whose disposal, was told in the X (Twitter). Report that the message was sent to bank postal addresses.

They say that banks will be fined $ 1 million for each map issued by a Russian citizen for violation of ban. While the prohibition on cards maintenance applies only to Russian citizens who do not have the status of a resident of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, etc. In turn, the Kazakhstan authorities are trying to fight "card tourism" official Astana in the future can prohibit the issuance of maps to citizens of the Russian Federation in the future.