Kyrgyzstan is set to stop accepting payments with Russian "Mir" cards from April 5, preceded by Armenia on March 29.
After Visa, Mastercard, and American Express halted their services in Russia in March 2022 and the U.S. imposed sanctions on the Russian National Payment Card System, the Mir system emerged as an alternative for international transactions. Consequently, Mir saw a...
Hundreds of thousands of Argentineans, many of whom are students, took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to protest against President Javier Milei's economic reforms intended to revive Argentina's struggling economy.
A March...
At approximately 2020 EST on April 23rd, 2024, initial reports indicated that a fire had erupted at fuel and energy facilities in Smolensk and Yartsevo in Smolensk Oblast. These facilities reportedly belong to the...
At approximately 0230 EST, Russian state-owned media reported that Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov was arrested on charges of bribery. However, these bribery charges have reportedly been packaged around an act of treason. The Basmanny...