NOVO-OGARYOVO (Moscow Region) March 27 - Russia regrets the decision of a number of payment systems to limit their activity in the country and as a result they will lose a very profitable market, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Earlier Visa and MasterCard ceased their operations for clients of Rossiya Bank, SMP Bank, as well as the subsidiaries Sobinbank and Investkapitalbank after the list of US sanctions against Russia were expanded without any notification.
""It's regretful that some companies made the decision about the limitations. I think this will simply lead to losses in individual segments of the market for the and this market is extremely profitable," Putin said during a meeting with members of the upper house of parliament.
