The Kremlin criticised Washington Wednesday for pressuring Turkish banks to stop processing payments through the Russian Mir bank card, dampening booming trade between the countries amid Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine.
“It’s clear that banks and economic operators are under the strongest possible pressure from the United States and they are threatened with secondary sanctions on the banking system. And this decision, of course, was made under this unprecedented pressure,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
