Türkiye refuses to unblock Russian Mir card payment system: Negotiations between Russia and Türkiye on the relaunch of the Russian Mir payment system have ended without success. Russians travelling to Türkiye advised to rely on cash.

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1. Highlights:

   *Alexei Erkhov [Russian Ambassador to Ankara] says there are no more prospects for unlocking the cards and advises Russians travelling to Türkiye to rely on cash.*

   *Since the beginning of 2024, Turkish banks have refused to work with payments from Russia.*

   *The Russian authorities tried to reach an agreement with Ankara, but by early autumn, almost all Turkish banks decided to stop servicing transactions related to Russia and Belarus.*

   *Following the private banks of Türkiye, state-owned banks also withdrew from the Russian payment system Mir in September 2022.*

2. Way to go 🇹🇷

3. Ruski Mir — Go F yourself

4. The irony is Turkey was the same country that sacrificed the ability to buy F-35s because they elected to business with Russia and buy S-400 systems.

5. Is Russian inflation so high now that it matches Turkey’s, simplifying cash exchanges?

6. Rare Turkish W

7. Take dollars instead of lira as it goes further apparently

8. Count yourselves lucky that Turkey will even let you rodents into the country.

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