Federal law. You can refuse the “Mir” electronic card! 88 Federal Law from 01.05 world
Clause 1 of Article 16.1 of the Law of the Russian Federation of February 7, 1992 No. 2300-I “On the Protection of Consumer Rights” (as amended by the Federal Law of January 9, 1996 No. 2-FZ) (Gazette of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, 1992, No. 15, Article 766; Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1996, No. 140; 2014, No. 2317; 2016, No. 4198) as follows:
"1. The seller (executor) is obliged to ensure the possibility of paying for goods (work, services) through the use of national payment instruments, as well as cash payments at the consumer’s choice.
The obligation to ensure the possibility of paying for goods (work, services) using national payment instruments within the national payment card system applies to the seller (executor) whose revenue from the sale of goods (work, services) for the previous calendar year exceeds forty million rubles.
If the place of payment for goods (works, services) is located in a place where access services to mobile radiotelephone communications and (or) means of collective access to the information and telecommunications network “Internet” are not provided, the seller (performer) is relieved of the obligation to provide the opportunity in this place payment for goods (works, services) using national payment instruments.
The seller is released from the obligation to ensure the possibility of paying for goods using national payment instruments in a retail facility, the proceeds from the sale of goods in which amount to less than five million rubles for the previous calendar year.”
Introduce into the Federal Law of June 27, 2011 No. 161-FZ “On the National Payment System” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2011, No. 27, Art. 3872; 2013, No. 30, Art. 4084; No. 52, Art. 6968; 2014, no. 19, art. 2317; no. 43, art. 5803; 2016, no. 4223) the following changes:
1) paragraph 11 of Article 3 after the words “Russian Federation,” shall be supplemented with the words “unless otherwise provided by this Federal Law, and”;
2) Part 8.1 of Article 20 should be stated as follows:
"8.1. When changes are made to the rules of the payment system that provide for the introduction of new tariffs or an increase in the size of tariffs, the payment system operator is obliged to notify the Bank of Russia about this no less than 30 calendar days before the date of entry into force of the changes to the rules of the payment system and provide justification for these changes .";
3) in article 22:
a) paragraph 1 of part 1 should be stated as follows:
“1) making funds transfers within the payment system within the framework of the payment system for three consecutive calendar months in the amount of no less than the share of the amount of money transfers made by credit institutions established by the Bank of Russia;”;
b) part 2 should be stated as follows:
"2. A payment system is socially significant if it meets at least one of the following criteria:
1). established by the Bank of Russia;
2).
3).
4) during a calendar year, within the framework of the payment system, transfers of funds to the bank accounts of clients - individuals (except for transfers of funds using payment cards) in the amount of no less than the percentage established by the Bank of Russia from the amount of money transfers to the bank accounts of clients - individuals carried out within the framework of payment systems.”;
4) in article 30.1:
a) in part 2, the words “and other electronic means of payment provided” are replaced with the words “and other electronic means of payment on which a trademark (service mark) belonging to the NSPK operator is placed and which are provided”;
"2.1. If a trademark (service mark) belonging to the operator of a foreign payment system is placed on a national payment instrument, operations using the national payment instrument on the territory of the Russian Federation are carried out in accordance with the rules of the NSPK.”;
5) in article 30.2:
a) part 3 should be stated as follows:
"3. The share of participation of the Bank of Russia in the authorized capital of the NSPK operator cannot be lower than 50 percent plus one voting share.”;
b) in part 4 the words “more than 10 percent” are replaced with the words “more than 5 percent”;
6) in article 30.5:
a) Part 1 is supplemented with paragraphs 3 - 6 as follows:
“3) Vnesheconombank as an individual participant of NSPK;
4) a foreign bank (foreign credit organization) as an individual participant of the NSPK;
5) a foreign central (national) bank as an individual participant of the NSPK;
6) an international financial organization as an individual participant of the NSPK.”;
b) part 3 should be stated as follows:
"3. Credit institutions, no later than July 1, 2017, are obliged to ensure the acceptance of national payment instruments in all their technical devices intended for making payments using payment cards, including ATMs, as well as in technical devices intended for making payments using payment cards of all organizations, individual entrepreneurs with whom such credit institutions have concluded agreements on settlements for transactions using payment cards or national payment instruments.”;
c) part 5 should be stated as follows:
"5. Credit institutions, when carrying out transactions with payments provided for in parts 5.5 and 5.6 of this article from the budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as payments), are obliged (except for the cases provided for in part 5.4 of this article) within the time limits established by part 5.3 of this article:
1) provide individual clients with only national payment instruments if the bank account allows for transactions using payment cards. A credit institution providing national payment instruments determines at least one type of payment card (product type depending on the services provided to the client - an individual), which is a national payment instrument and for the provision, annual servicing of which, for the issuance of cash for which at the specified credit institution, as well as at its ATMs, no fees are charged from clients - individuals receiving payments provided for in paragraph 4 of part 5.5 of this article;
2) credit payments to the bank accounts of clients - individuals, transactions for which are carried out using national payment instruments.";
d) add part 5.1 with the following content:
"5.1. Credit organizations are required to carry out transactions on the territory of the Russian Federation using payment cards on bank accounts into which payments received by individual clients are credited only using national payment instruments. The provisions of this part do not limit the right of the account owner to carry out transactions on such a bank account without using a payment card.”;
e) add part 5.2 with the following content:
"5.2. The provisions of parts 5 and 5.1 of this article are also considered to be observed if a trademark (service mark) belonging to the operator of a foreign payment system is placed on a national payment instrument.”;
f) add part 5.3 with the following content:
"5.3. The obligations of credit institutions established by parts 5 and 5.1 of this article arise:
1) in relation to clients - individuals when they apply for opening a bank account in order to receive payments to newly opened bank accounts that provide for transactions using payment cards - from July 1, 2017;
2) in relation to clients - individuals (except for those specified in paragraph 1 of this part) receiving payments specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of part 5.5 of this article to bank accounts that provide for transactions using payment cards that are not national payment instruments , - upon expiration of the specified payment cards, but no later than July 1, 2020;
3) in relation to clients - individuals (except for those specified in paragraph 1 of this part) receiving payments provided for in paragraphs 1 - 3 of part 5.5 of this article - from July 1, 2018.”;
g) add part 5.4 with the following content:
"5.4. The provisions of parts 5 - 5.3 of this article do not apply to cases of receipt by individual clients of tax deductions for personal income tax, receipt by individual clients of payments to bank accounts that do not provide for transactions with them using payment cards, receipt by individual clients payments by persons through cash payments (including through postal organizations), receipt by individual clients of lump sum payments determined in accordance with regulatory legal acts or payments made at intervals less than once a year, and also do not apply to individuals, having permanent residence outside the Russian Federation, employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices of the Russian Federation and permanent missions of the Russian Federation to international (interstate, intergovernmental) organizations.”;
h) add part 5.5 with the following content:
"5.5. The obligations of credit institutions established by parts 5 and 5.1 of this article arise when carrying out transactions with the following payments:
1) salary, remuneration, allowances for civil servants;
2) remuneration of employees (personnel) of state and municipal bodies, institutions, state extra-budgetary funds;
3) government scholarships;
4) pensions and other social benefits, the implementation of which, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is within the competence of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;
5) monthly lifelong maintenance for judges.”;
i) add part 5.6 with the following content:
"5.6. The Government of the Russian Federation, in agreement with the Bank of Russia, has the right to establish a list of other payments for the purposes of applying parts 5 and this article.”;
j) add part 5.7 with the following content:
"5.7. The amount of commission associated with the receipt, acceptance of a national payment instrument and its use should not exceed the amount of commission charged by a credit institution for payment cards of payment systems of a similar type, type of product.”;
7) in article 30.6:
a) part 2 should be stated as follows:
"2. Settlement services for money transfers using national payment instruments are provided by the Bank of Russia when making such transfers between NSPK participants specified in paragraphs 1 - 3 of part 1 of Article 30.5 of this Federal Law, or in cases where these NSPK participants are one party to the funds transfer , and the other party to the transfer of funds are the NSPK participants specified in paragraphs 4 - 6 of part 1 of Article 30.5 of this Federal Law. In these cases, the provision of settlement services by the Bank of Russia can be carried out with the participation of a central payment clearing counterparty without opening bank accounts of NSPK participants specified in paragraphs 4 - 6 of part 1 of Article 30.5 of this Federal Law with the Bank of Russia.”;
b) add part 2.1 with the following content:
"2.1. Settlement services for money transfers using national payment instruments not specified in Part 2 of this article may in other cases be provided by a settlement center, which may be:
1) credit institution;
2) Vnesheconombank;
3) foreign bank (foreign credit organization);
4) foreign central (national) bank;
5) international financial organization.”;
c) add part 2.2 with the following content:
"2.2. If the NSPK operator engages a settlement center in accordance with Part 2.1 of this article, the provisions of Part 1 of Article 19 of this Federal Law do not apply.”
1. This Federal Law comes into force on the date of its official publication, with the exception of this Federal Law.
President of the Russian Federation | V. Putin |
Moscow, Kremlin
Document overview
Amendments have been made to the laws on consumer protection and the national payment system.
Amendments to the Law on the National Payment System concern the use of Mir cards. Thus, the deadline for pensioners to switch to cards is July 1, 2020. For other public sector workers, military personnel, civil servants, etc. - July 1, 2018. The general transition begins on July 1, 2017. Issuance and servicing of cards for pensioners will be free.
There is no need to open Mir cards to receive payments for tax deductions (personal income tax) and for one-time payments.
It is stipulated that the minimum share of the Bank of Russia in the authorized capital of NSPK is 50% plus 1 share. The maximum concentration of shares of other participants cannot exceed 5%.
In the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights, the obligation to ensure the possibility of paying for goods (work, services) using national payment instruments within the framework of the NSPK applies to the seller (performer) whose proceeds from the sale of goods (work, services) for the previous calendar year exceed 40 million rubles .
The subject may be exempt from this obligation if mobile communication services are not provided in the relevant territory or there is no access to the Internet. Another exception is that revenue from the sale of goods is less than 5 million rubles. for the previous calendar year.
The federal law comes into force on the day of its official publication, with the exception of certain provisions for which a different period is provided.
Article 1
Clause 1 of Article 16 1 of the Law of the Russian Federation of February 7, 1992 N 2300-I “On the Protection of Consumer Rights” (as amended by the Federal Law of January 9, 1996 N 2-FZ) (Gazette of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation , 1992, No. 766; Collection of legislation of the Russian Federation, 1996, No. 140; 2014, No. 2317; 2016, No. 4198)
"1. The seller (executor) is obliged to ensure the possibility of paying for goods (work, services) through the use of national payment instruments, as well as cash payments at the choice of the consumer.
The obligation to ensure the possibility of paying for goods (work, services) using national payment instruments within the national payment card system applies to the seller (executor) whose revenue from the sale of goods (work, services) for the previous calendar year exceeds forty million rubles.
If the place of payment for goods (works, services) is located in a place where access services to mobile radiotelephone communications and (or) means of collective access to the information and telecommunications network "Internet" are not provided, the seller (performer) is relieved of the obligation to provide in this place the opportunity payment for goods (works, services) using national payment instruments.
The seller is released from the obligation to ensure the possibility of paying for goods using national payment instruments in a retail facility, the proceeds from the sale of goods in which amount to less than five million rubles for the previous calendar year."
Article 2
Introduce into the Federal Law of June 27, 2011 N 161-FZ “On the National Payment System” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2011, N 27, Art. 3872; 2013, N 30, Art. 4084; N 52, Art. 6968; 2014, No. 19, Art. 2317; No. 43, Art. 5803; 2016, No. 4223) the following changes:
1) paragraph 11 of Article 3 after the words “Russian Federation,” add the words “unless otherwise provided by this Federal Law, and”;
2) Part 8 1 of Article 20 shall be stated as follows:
"8 1. When changes are made to the rules of the payment system that provide for the introduction of new tariffs or an increase in the size of tariffs, the payment system operator is obliged to notify the Bank of Russia about this at least 30 calendar days before the date of entry into force of the changes to the rules of the payment system and provide justification for these changes.";
3) in article 22:
a) paragraph 1 of part 1 should be stated as follows:
“1) making funds transfers within the payment system for three consecutive calendar months in an amount not less than the share of the amount of money transfers made by credit institutions established by the Bank of Russia;”;
b) part 2 should be stated as follows:
"2. A payment system is socially significant if it meets at least one of the following criteria:
1). established by the Bank of Russia;
2).
3).
4) during a calendar year, within the framework of the payment system, transfers of funds to the bank accounts of clients - individuals (except for transfers of funds using payment cards) in the amount of no less than the percentage established by the Bank of Russia from the amount of money transfers to the bank accounts of clients - individuals carried out within the framework of payment systems.";
4) in article 30 1:
a) in part 2, the words “and other electronic means of payment provided” are replaced with the words “and other electronic means of payment on which a trademark (service mark) belonging to the NSPK operator is placed and which are provided”;
"2 1. If a trademark (service mark) belonging to the operator of a foreign payment system is placed on a national payment instrument, operations using the national payment instrument on the territory of the Russian Federation are carried out in accordance with the rules of the National Payment System.";
5) in article 30 2:
a) part 3 should be stated as follows:
"3. The share of participation of the Bank of Russia in the authorized capital of the NSPK operator cannot be lower than 50 percent plus one voting share.";
b) in part 4 the words “more than 10 percent” should be replaced with the words “more than 5 percent”;
6) in article 30 5:
a) Part 1 is supplemented with paragraphs 3 - 6 as follows:
"3) Vnesheconombank as an individual participant of NSPK;
4) a foreign bank (foreign credit organization) as an individual participant of the NSPK;
5) a foreign central (national) bank as an individual participant of the NSPK;
6) an international financial organization as an individual participant of the NSPK.";
b) part 3 should be stated as follows:
"3. Credit institutions, no later than July 1, 2017, are obliged to ensure the acceptance of national payment instruments in all their technical devices intended for making payments using payment cards, including ATMs, as well as in technical devices intended for making payments using payment cards, all organizations, individual entrepreneurs with whom such credit institutions have concluded agreements on settlements for transactions using payment cards or national payment instruments.";
c) part 5 should be stated as follows:
"5. Credit organizations, when carrying out transactions with payments provided for in parts 5 5 and 5 6 of this article from the budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as payments), are obliged (except for the cases provided for in part 5 4 of this article) within the time limits established by part 5 3 of this article:
1) provide individual clients with only national payment instruments if the bank account allows for transactions using payment cards. A credit institution providing national payment instruments determines at least one type of payment card (product type depending on the services provided to the client - an individual), which is a national payment instrument and for the provision, annual servicing of which, for the issuance of cash for which at the specified credit institution, as well as at its ATMs, no fees are charged from clients - individuals receiving payments provided for in paragraph 4 of part 5 5 of this article;
2) credit payments to the bank accounts of clients - individuals, transactions for which are carried out using national payment instruments.";
d) add part 5 1 with the following content:
"5 1. Credit organizations are obliged to carry out transactions on the territory of the Russian Federation using payment cards on bank accounts to which payments received by individual clients are credited, only using national payment instruments. The provisions of this part do not limit the right of the account owner to carry out transactions on such bank account without using a payment card.";
e) add part 5 2 with the following content:
"5 2. The provisions of parts 5 and 5 1 of this article are also considered to be complied with if a trademark (service mark) belonging to the operator of a foreign payment system is placed on a national payment instrument.";
f) add part 5 3 with the following content:
"5 3. The obligations of credit institutions established by parts 5 and 5 1 of this article shall occur:
1) in relation to clients - individuals when they apply for opening a bank account in order to receive payments to newly opened bank accounts that provide for transactions using payment cards - from July 1, 2017;
2) in relation to clients - individuals (except for those specified in paragraph 1 of this part) receiving payments specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of part 5 5 of this article to bank accounts that provide for transactions using payment cards that are not national payment cards instruments - upon expiration of the specified payment cards, but no later than July 1, 2020;
3) in relation to clients - individuals (except for those specified in paragraph 1 of this part) receiving payments provided for in paragraphs 1 - 3 of part 5 5 of this article - from July 1, 2018.";
g) add part 5 4 with the following content:
"5 4. The provisions of parts 5 - 5 3 of this article do not apply to cases of receipt by individual clients of tax deductions for personal income tax, receipt by individual clients of payments to bank accounts that do not provide for transactions with them using payment cards , receipt by individual clients of payments through cash payments (including through postal organizations), receipt by individual clients of lump sum payments determined in accordance with regulatory legal acts or payments made at intervals less than once a year, and also do not apply in relation to individuals with permanent residence outside the Russian Federation, employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices of the Russian Federation and permanent missions of the Russian Federation to international (interstate, intergovernmental) organizations.";
h) add part 5 5 with the following content:
"5 5. The obligations of credit institutions established by parts 5 and 5 1 of this article arise when carrying out transactions with the following payments:
1) salary, remuneration, allowances for civil servants;
2) remuneration of employees (personnel) of state and municipal bodies, institutions, state extra-budgetary funds;
3) government scholarships;
4) pensions and other social benefits, the implementation of which, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is within the competence of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;
5) monthly lifelong maintenance for judges.";
i) add part 5 6 with the following content:
"5 6. The Government of the Russian Federation, in agreement with the Bank of Russia, has the right to establish a list of other payments for the purposes of applying parts 5 and 5 1 of this article.";
j) add part 5 7 with the following content:
"5 7. The amount of commission associated with the receipt, acceptance of a national payment instrument and its use should not exceed the amount of commission charged by a credit institution for payment cards of payment systems of a similar type, type of product.";
7) in article 30 6:
a) part 2 should be stated as follows:
"2. Settlement services for money transfers using national payment instruments are provided by the Bank of Russia when making such transfers between NSPK participants specified in paragraphs 1 - 3 of part 1 of Article 30 5 of this Federal Law, or in cases where these NSPK participants are one the party to the transfer of funds, and the other party to the transfer of funds are the NSPK participants specified in paragraphs 4 - 6 of part 1 of Article 30 5 of this Federal Law. In these cases, the provision of settlement services by the Bank of Russia can be carried out with the participation of a central payment clearing counterparty without opening it in the Bank. Russia bank accounts of NSPK participants specified in paragraphs 4 - 6 of part 1 of article 30 5 of this Federal Law.";
b) add part 2 1 with the following content:
"2 1. Settlement services for money transfers using national payment instruments not specified in part 2 of this article, in other cases, may be provided by a settlement center, which may be:
1) credit institution;
2) Vnesheconombank;
3) foreign bank (foreign credit organization);
4) foreign central (national) bank;
5) international financial organization.";
c) add part 2 2 with the following content:
"2 2. If the NSPK operator engages a settlement center in accordance with Part 2 1 of this article, the provisions of Part 1 of Article 19 of this Federal Law do not apply."
Article 3
1. This Federal Law comes into force on the date of its official publication, with the exception of Article 1 of this Federal Law.
President of the Russian Federation
In recent days, alarming calls and e-mail messages have been received from citizens who are forced at their place of work, in the bodies of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation or in banks to receive an electronic payment card “Mir”. These actions of representatives of certain organizations contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and the latest changes in legislation.
On May 3, 2017, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta published a new Federal Law dated May 1, 2017 No. 88-FZ “On Amendments to Article 16.1 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On the Protection of Consumer Rights” and the Federal Law “On the National Payment System.”
The declared purpose of the document signed by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin's law is the gradual transfer of public sector workers and pensioners exclusively to cards of the National Payment Card System "Mir" (NSCP) to ensure complete independence of Russia from foreign payment systems.
From July 1, 2017, all banks will have to ensure the ability to provide all applicants with a card of the national payment system "Mir". That is, banks are obliged to ensure the issuance and implementation of transactions using the Mir card throughout the Russian Federation within the period specified by the adopted law. This is specifically mentioned in parts 5-5.3 Article 2 of the new Federal Law.
At the same time, the law reserves for Russian citizens the right to choose the method of receiving salaries and pensions. This law does not oblige all citizens to receive Mir bank payment cards; its provisions apply exclusively to citizens who have or voluntarily accept these bank cards.
If a citizen wishes to receive wages, pensions or other social and other payments from the budget of the Russian Federation in cash or to an account to which a plastic card is not linked, then he must be given this opportunity. Receiving and using the Mir electronic payment card is absolutely voluntary!
“The provisions of parts 5-5.3 of this article do not apply to cases receipt by individual clients of tax deductions for personal income tax, receipt by individual clients of payments to bank accounts that do not involve transactions with them using payment cards, receipt by individual clients of payments through cash payments (including through organizations postal services), receipt by clients - individuals determined in accordance with regulatory legal acts lump sum payments or payments made at intervals less than once a year..."
In addition, Article 16-1 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On Protection of Consumer Rights” retains the following provision: “The seller ( executor) is obliged to ensure the possibility of payment for goods ( works, services) through the use of national payment instruments, and also cash payments at the consumer's choice".
The executor, in particular, is every employer, Pension Fund authority, bank or post office that obliged at the request of citizens make payments in cash.
So, forcing citizens to accept and use NSPK Mir electronic payment cards is completely unacceptable.
Moreover, any citizen who previously received a Mir card can refuse to use it. Back in February 2017, the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) Igor Artemyev said: “FAS and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation agreed that from January 1, 2018, public sector employees can refuse to have their salaries credited to the Mir card, but in this case they will be able to receive your money only in cash at the cash desk.”
Pensioners today can choose between non-cash and cash payments. In the latter case, the money goes through a bank or post office, where there is a cash desk and there are no problems with cash withdrawals.
The provision on the obligation to provide cash payments will create more difficulties for budgetary organizations, says Oleg Ivanov, vice-president of the Association of Russian Banks. “Many budget organizations have already abandoned the creation of a cash register; cashiers have practically stopped working with cash,” he says. - Now this work will have to be resumed».
Here, of course, much depends on the will and firmness of the citizens themselves, but on their side are not only the new Federal Law signed by the President of the Russian Federation, but also the Basic Law of the state - the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
Article 75 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation: 1. The monetary unit in the Russian Federation is the ruble. Money emission is carried out exclusively by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The introduction and issue of other money in the Russian Federation is not permitted. 2. Protecting and ensuring the stability of the ruble is the main function of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation...”
“Payment of wages is made in cash in the currency of the Russian Federation (in rubles).
In accordance with a collective agreement or employment contract, upon a written application from an employee, remuneration may be made in other forms that do not contradict the legislation of the Russian Federation...
The share of wages paid in non-monetary form cannot exceed 20 percent of the accrued monthly wage...”
It remains to be reminded once again that the introduction and use of electronic non-cash money is an illegal act.
quite rightly states: “This is outright counterfeiting on an especially large scale... Why do I have such an irreconcilable (not tolerant) attitude towards non-cash money? For the simple reason that they are illegal means of payment and exchange. In other words, counterfeit money.
Who is responsible for issuing non-cash money (also called deposit money)? - Commercial banks, of which we currently have more than 800 ( now - more than 600, article written by Valentin Yuryevich in 2015- author). And in America (USA) - almost 7 thousand. What laws determine the status and procedure for issuing non-cash money? - None. Their release and circulation are, as lawyers say, “outside the right field.” And such activity in our country in certain circles is usually called “life according to concepts.”
Legitimate money(“legal tender”; analogous to our term in Anglo-Saxon law - legal tender) are only those obligations that are issued by Central Banks. This is cash in the form of paper notes (banknotes) of various denominations, which have reliable protection against counterfeiting. In the good old days, central bank notes were backed in whole or in part by their metal reserves (the “gold standard”). Today, unfortunately, this is no longer the case. These are simply paper tokens (they are called “fiat” money). But despite all this, they are legal money, the status of which is enshrined in the laws, and often in the constitutions of states. But non-cash money is shady, essentially illegal!”
Let's hope that the materials offered to readers will become a guide to action for them in the struggle to preserve the traditional and legal system of cash payments in our beloved Russia.
“Beware lest anyone deceive you”(Matthew 24:4) - our Lord Jesus Christ Himself teaches us.
Valery Pavlovich Filimonov, Russian writer