MasterCard suspends all services in Russia

Post by xdennis » Sun, Mar 06, 2022, 1:11 AM UTC

postsantum wrote: post #170

tlogan wrote: post #155

Excellent! I hope this will at least make Putin less popular. And hopefully he will be replaced with somebody else. The biggest mistake Putin made is that he was under impression that Russia can survive alone and isolated. That might be possible in 60s but not any more.

It doesn't work this way. For decades, media had been talking about how the collective West hates russian people and want Russia go down in flames. Now everybody sees it's true. I predict Putin's rating will be sky high in the upcoming months

Post by xdennis » Sun, Mar 06, 2022, 1:12 AM UTC

whiddershins wrote: post #122

I don’t understand why we are taking actions that by and large will hurt little people the most.

Post by xdennis » Sun, Mar 06, 2022, 1:13 AM UTC

throw-ru-938 wrote: post #66

Since the war started, and the repressions inside Russia tightened (e.g. news stations being taken off air for calling this war a "war"), a lot of us Russians including myself have been fleeing the country, fearing for our safety. Now Visa/Mastercard have left us all without access to money. If I were more of a conspiracy type, I'd say they and Putin are on the same side now.

Post by kayamon » Sun, Mar 06, 2022, 1:15 AM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #114

ghiculescu wrote: post #21

I’m not pro crypto or pro Russia, but the fact that it’s so easy to lose ones freedom to transact[0] (regardless of the specific merits here) is troubling. [0] https://mobile.twitter.com/punk6529/status/14944446246304030...

> I’m not pro crypto or pro Russia, but the fact that it’s so easy to lose ones freedom to transact[0] I am absolutely sure that Transferwise is still available for Russians to use, so the freedom to transact isn't really lost. 'Cryptocurrencies' should not be used at all.

Post by sudosysgen » Sun, Mar 06, 2022, 1:16 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #168

cft wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The West is erroneously acting from a viewpoint that the majority of Russians support democracy. Thus they think that actions like this will cause popular discontent with Putin. In reality, this reckless action will only strengthen Putin's support.

> West is erroneously acting from a viewpoint that the majority of Russians support democracy. Sanctions have nothing to do beliefs about the presence or support for democracy. > Thus they think that actions like this will cause popular discontent with Putin. No, the West believes that the sanctions limit the productive capacity of the Russian economy, and thereby Putin’s capacity to maintain and expand the war, cons…