Uzbekistan blocks Russian payment system

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 24 Sep 2022 by Alex Teddy
On September 23 the Central Asian country stopped the Mir payment card. Over half the Russian population holds such a card. Mir is accepted by Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Vietnam. It is thought that Uzbekistan stopped Mir because of the fear of secondary sanctions. Uzbekistan has a cordial relationship with Russia, and several million Uzbeks are working in Russia. Uzbekistan is not in the Russian-led CSTO alliance or the Eurasian Economic Union.  Some see the blockage of Mir as symptomatic of a diminution of Russian sway in Central Asia. 

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