INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For Russian users, watching a television series on U.S
of middlemen, often abroad, to allow Russians to continue using their favorite online services.The biggest issue for many has been the
withdrawal of Visa and Mastercard from the Russian market, which means that they have no way to pay subscription fees
their physical location.A reporter from The Moscow Times used such a trick to access Netflix within Russia, and was able to continue using
subscriptions on Netflix, Spotify, Xbox, PlayStation and other platforms
Before the war, a Netflix Premium subscription in Russia cost up to 999 rubles ($17) a month
Now, it can be purchased for 390 rubles ($6) a month or less on Avito.Similar schemes are used by Russian gamers who can no longer use
For example, online game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare can be downloaded for free from illegal Russian torrent websites and the key on
companies offer top-ups for Russian-registered accounts on popular gaming site Steam
online, allowing them to open a Kazakh bank account as the number of IIN applications from foreigners reportedly increased 16fold since
March.Sergei, 27, who lives in St
Sergei said he used finance management app Bankoff to make payments on Western sites
from Visa and Mastercard.Russian payment service provider Qiwi can still be used to make payments to Western entertainment platforms
A Moscow Times reporter was able to use a Spotify account by logging into the music streaming service with a VPN that showed his location as
Google accounts registered from Russian territory, Alexandra, a Russian citizen living in India who requested anonymity to speak freely,
time when you had to go to a physical store to buy something or search for options on the web not knowing whether they were a scam or not
