Lavrov announced that the agreements arrived with the United States to eliminate problems with bank transfers

“It is not the last problem are the bank transfers that are trying to limit us. Naturally, we corresponded. Our deputies in the near future will make an appointment and work on the elimination of these artificial barriers, “said Lavrov, clarifying that he would solve the” systematic “problem.

On Tuesday, February 18, the high -ranking faces of Russia and the United States during the first one in three years of negotiations in Riyadh discussed the agreement of the conflict in Ukraine. They also agreed to restore embassy staff in Moscow and Washington. In addition, the parties discussed the preparations for the meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States, which, according to the assistant Vladimir Putin Yuri Ushakov, “it is unlikely to take place next week.”

Before this, on February 17, the head of the Duma State Committee in the financial market Anatoly Aksakov allowed the return of Visa and Mastercard to Russia. According to the deputy, foreign payment systems will strive to return to the “great” Russian market.

Visa and Mastercard have not been working in Russia since March 2022 due to the beginning of a military operation in Ukraine. The cards of these payment systems, issued by Russian banks, continued to work within the country, but stopped working outside it and in foreign online stores.