The Turkish Rodina Party called on the country's authorities not to be afraid of US anti-Russian threats

“The government should not leave our banking system alone in the face of the US.

On the contrary, it should protect and encourage them... Turkey cannot succumb to US sanctions threats,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying, citing the Aydınlık newspaper.

Earlier, Bloomberg reported that in Turkey, three state-owned banks decided to stop using the Russian MIR payment system.

The Federal Tourism Agency reported that possible ways to solve the problem of using cards of the Russian payment system MIR in Turkey are being worked out.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov announced pressure on Turkish banks from the United States.