For owners of Apple gadgets in Russia, the opportunity to pay for ecosystem services using Mir cards has been preserved. It is still listed on the Apple website, despite the sanctions.
To change your payment method, you need to go to your Apple account settings and find the “Payment and shipping” section. After Visa, MasterCard and American Express left Russia, the Mir payment system has become an alternative for purchasing applications in the App Store, as well as subscribing to Apple Music, Apple TV and Apple Podcasts.
Mir cards can also be linked to Apple Pay. The first credit institutions, including Sberbank, VTB, Rosselkhozbank, PSB, Post Bank, Tinkoff, implemented this technology in July 2021.
In addition to Mir, Apple owners can choose from “most” credit and debit cards, a mobile phone account through supported carriers, an Apple ID account balance from App Store and iTunes gift card redemptions, or Mir card deposits.
Izvestia spoke about the possibilities of using Mir payment system cards for Apple owners and the advantages of choosing such cards back in November 2021.
On March 13, it became known that since the ban on paying outside the country with cards of Visa and MasterCard payment systems issued in Russia, 35% of citizens have already expressed a desire to issue a Mir-UnionPay card with the ability to pay for services in 180 countries around the world.
In early March, the international payment systems Visa and MasterCard announced the suspension of work in Russia amid a special operation to protect Donbass. The decision will not affect the use of cards within the country. Most of all, these measures will hit Russian citizens who are abroad or are going abroad.
The situation in the region escalated significantly in mid-February due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the DPR and LPR announced a general mobilization and announced the evacuation of residents in the Russian Federation.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the republics, as well as treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. The documents were ratified the next day.
The Russian Federation launched an operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass on February 24. The Russian side emphasized that it does not hatch plans for the occupation of Ukraine, and strikes are carried out only on the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
