INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A growing number of Russians are choosing neighboring Belarus for their next vacation in a bid to access Western goods and financial
destination for Russians looking to buy Western goods or open a bank account that will issue Visa or MasterCard debit cards no longer
missile launchers during the invasion of Ukraine
to avoid the most severe Western sanctions
since the start of the war in Ukraine in February, according to data compiled by Yale University School of Management, making it much harder
can open a Belarusian bank account on the first day of their visit right after a welcome cocktail reception at the four-star Minsk Hotel in
Alexander Miridonov / KommersantThe Visa or Mastercard debit card can be picked up two days later.But some Russians have found that it is
in the end because [Russian payment system] Mir mostly works in Belarus anyway
is attracting Russians looking to combine leisure travel with opening a foreign bank account.Other popular destinations for so-called
potential even beyond that of bank cards, Western brands and the Soviet-era sanatorium with which the country is often associated by those
