Visa: fresh punishment USA will not affect current operations in the Russian Federation
The Commissioner Corporation Visa Inc. Said Last news that announced on Wednesday punishment US not affect the business organization in Russia, however, did not want to tell about perspectives of its cards issued got under penalty of Gazprombank.
in the list of punishments on Wednesday hit, for example, Gazprombank, Russian state development Bank Vnesheconombank, the energy company, Rosneft and NOVATEK. These companies have limited access to the U.S. credit market.
" The latest round of economic sanctions of the USA does not affect the daily operations of Visa in Russia. We do not stop to carry out transactions and serve our customers, how often, " said Commissioner of the Corporation.
He did not say whether a Visa to consider the possibility of blocking cards to Gazprombank, as previously with the cards of other Russian credit institutions, placed under the previous rounds of punishment.
however, the Treasury Department's assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser earlier said that the U.S. penalties in regard to Russia will negatively affect business international operators of payment systems Visa and MasterCard.
USA on March 17 decided to impose punishment is relatively high position of Russian politicians and Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU countries have agreed on the introduction of penalties on the Russian and Ukrainian officials, which they consider to be guilty of " undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine ". Then in the American list of nearly 20 Russian bureaucrats, businessmen and parliamentarians. Was enlarged and the sanctions list of the EU.
the authorities of the USA has included in the list of co-owner of the Rossiya Bank of Yuri Kovalchuk, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, businessmen Boris and Arkady Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko. In addition, penalties were imposed on the Bank " Russia ".
on April 28, the U.S. included in the sanctions list 7 officials of the Russian Federation and 17 organizations, and the European Union has expanded its list of fifteen people. In the end, in the sanctions lists appear more than 40 Russian politicians and businessmen, as well as among them from the Crimea. Full list of Russian Citizens and organizations that fall under punishment, -
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