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Mir is Russia's national card payment system, operated by the National System of Payment Cards (NSPK), which is wholly owned by the Bank of Russia. Visa and Mastercard ended cooperation with Russia in spring 2022, and in July 2026 NSPK's chief executive put Mir's share of cards in Russia at about 85%, with 475 million Mir cards issued as of end-2025. After the US Treasury sanctioned NSPK in February 2024, some foreign partners such as Armenia's ArCa and Kyrgyzstan's Elcard stopped cooperating. As of 2026 Mir is accepted without restrictions in Belarus and only with restrictions in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Cuba, Venezuela and Vietnam.
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