This is stated in the document of the US Department of the Treasury.
“The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury (OFAC) is ready to take actions to support attempts to circumvent sanctions against Russia, including expanding the use of the NSPK and the MIR national payment system outside the territory of the Russian Federation,” RIA Novosti quotes the department.
The ministry also imposed sanctions against the director general of the National Payment Card System (NSPK) Vladimir Komlev and the chairman of the board of the National Settlement Depository (NSD) Viktor Zhidkov.
As Financial Times sources previously stated, the US and EU plan to increase pressure on Turkish banks to join the MIR payment system so that Ankara does not help Moscow “bypass sanctions”.
At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan noted that there are serious advances in the use of Russian MIR cards in Turkey.
Al Jazeera reported that the possible merger of the Russian and Iranian payment systems MIR and Shetab would help reduce the impact of Western sanctions and exclude the dollar from mutual settlements.
In addition, India and Russia are currently engaged in an active dialogue on the mutual recognition of MIR and RuPay payment systems.