Two Moscow restaurants are to start refusing Visa and Mastercard payments for "patriotic reasons," the RBC news website reported on June 14. The Dr. Zhivago restaurant, based in Moscow's Hotel National, and the Kitayskaya Gramota restaurant on Sretenka Ulitsa, are to only accept card payments made with the Russian Mir payment card or American Express. Kitayskaya Gramota, which offers Chinese cuisine, will also accept China UnionPay.
The Moscow Times: Moscow restaurants to refuse ‘unpatriotic’ Visa and MasterCard
Moscow restaurants are to start refusing Visa and Mastercard payments for 'patriotic reasons'.
