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Mastercard blocks transactions linked to multiple Russian institutions on 1 March. It further announced on 5 March that all cards issued by Russian banks will not work anywhere inside or outside of Russia, at Russian merchants and ATMs. Russia made up about 4% of Mastercard's net revenue for 2021. 1 March 2022 [60] [61] [62]
Only 200,100 foreigners visited Russia in 2022, a drop of 96.1 percent from the pre-pandemic period. [1] Most of Europe closed its airspace to Russian planes a few days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. [1] Foreign-issued Visa and Mastercard cards no longer work in Russia, further impacting tourism. [1]
In December 2009, Russian-based Internet provider Yota, with over 100,000 subscribers [9] blocked access to some Russian opposition Internet resources for its Moscow-based subscribers for a few days. This occurred after the chief prosecutor of St. Petersburg recommended that the company prevent access to extremist resources.
Russia is making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign powers may try to gain access to state secrets during the worst crisis in relations with the West for more than ...
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Russia Today is widely considered to be a purveyor of pro-government and pro-Putin propaganda rather than a legitimate news source and was created in 2013 by an executive order. [73] In September 2021 OCCRP declared it will cease work in Russia, as a significant number of journalists cooperating with OCCRP were harassed by the authorities. [74]
About 2.7 thousand artists and bands work in the Russian Federation, whose audience worldwide is 300 million Russian speakers. [4] In Russia itself, there are 28 million active consumers of music products. [5] The main center for creating popular Russian-language music is Moscow, and to a lesser extent, Saint Petersburg.
The World Festival of Youth is an international Youth festival which was held in Sirius, Russia, from February 29 – March 7, 2024. [2] [3] [4] [5]This event is not related to the World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS, to avoid confusion and sanctions – although it was originally positioned as such), held by the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the International Union of Students.