Moscow: After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the common man has started feeling the heat of sanctions imposed by western countries. The payment system in the country is no longer working and people are also facing problems regarding cash withdrawal. Local resident Tetyana Usmanova told the Associated Press (AP), “Apple Pay is not working since yesterday. Now due to this, payment is not being made in the bus, in the cafe, anywhere.
“In addition, a supermarket has also limited the quantity per person to buy,” he added. Apple has announced that it will stop selling its iPhones and other products in Russia and will also limit features such as Apple Pay. A large number of foreign and international companies have closed their business in Russia. Many people told AP that these steps are affecting their daily life a lot.
He pointed out that there are difficulties in converting the country’s currency ruble into foreign currency, there are long lines outside ATMs and many ATMs are not accepting bank cards i.e. the facility of withdrawal from them is closed. Some people said that the prices of food items have also started increasing. Leader of the Opposition Yulia Galymina wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday, “Facing the problem of rising prices, pensions are on hold….”
He wrote, “There is a shortage of medicines and medical supplies. We will remember 1990 as a less bad time. But my question is “for what”? Significantly, a large number of people in the country are against the war and are demonstrating on the streets to stop it. According to the human rights group ‘OVD-Info’, more than 7,000 protesters have been detained in the past.
