Executive summary

Russia's foreign payment reach now runs through six kinds of bridge: residual MIR acceptors, bank-app QR links, third-country banks, netting agents, crypto venues, and card or remittance workarounds. This is the visible layer only.

Who it is for

Sanctions, compliance, and financial-intelligence readers.

Sources and methodology

Evidence cutoff 09 Oct 2026. Published research is not a commissioned client engagement.

Judgment is separated from the underlying record. Read the methodology.

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russia · sanctions · payments · mir

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