Turkey Freezes Use Of Russian Mir Payment System

Turkey's Isbank has suspended all transactions using Russian Mir cards. Isbank, Turkey’s biggest private lender, issued the notice on September 19, 2022, Bloomberg News reported.

Photo Insert: Isbank is Turkey’s biggest private lender.

The decision came after the US Treasury told financial institutions cooperating with the Russian operator that they may be sanctioned as well. Turkey has not implemented sanctions imposed on Russian institutions due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv Independent reported.

McDonald's has announced that three of its restaurants in Kyiv will resume delivery on Sept. 20, and seven more will follow in about a week. In October, the restaurants will resume dining in.

McDonald’s shut down all of its 109 restaurants in Ukraine when Russia’s full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24. In August, the company said it would gradually reopen restaurants in Kyiv and the west of Ukraine.

Ukraine to provide Ethiopia, Somalia with 50,000 metric tons of free wheat. Ukraine’s Cabinet Ministry said that it will send Ethiopia and Somalia wheat worth Hr 420 million ($11.4 million). On Sept. 17, a ship carrying 30,000 metric tons of grain departed for Ethiopia from Odesa Oblast via the UN-backed grain corridor.

Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has revealed that the Ukrainian IT Army had succeeded in hacking the website of the Wagner Group, a private military company (PMC) owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chef that has sent 400 prisoners to fight in Ukraine.

Fedorov reported on Telegram on Sept. 19 that “we have all personal data of mercenaries! Every executioner, murderer, and rapist will be severely punished.”

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