Last September, the day after Uzbekistan stopped accepting bank cards that relied on Russia’s domestic card scheme Mir, middle-class Russians were already discussing how to circumvent the ban.
“[Accounts] with cards can be opened in 3-5 days in [most] banks,” said a Telegram channel, touting how easy it is to travel to Uzbekistan, open an account and gain a credit card that can still be used internationally. The channel, with nearly 27,000 subscribers, was set up by an Uzbek less than two weeks after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine to convince Russians to relocate to her country for business.
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