MOSCOW, May 30 — RIA Novosti. Western sanctions against Russia did not bring the expected effect due to the operation of the Mir payment system, writes Iranian edition of Resalat.
It is emphasized that Moscow created and launched a local system of international payments in advance.
«Russia has been able to cope with the West’s blocking of access to SWIFT, a measure that no one has yet been able to implement in advance. The West apparently did not take this factor into account when imposing sanctions,» the article says.
