Wednesday, December 8, 2010

U.S Lobbied Russian Gov On Behalf Of Visa & Mastercard

Following the Russian government's decision to set up the National Payment Card System (NPCS), U.S government was urged by its diplomats to intervene to protect the interests of the two American corporations Visa & Mastercard. NPCS would collect all credit card fees on domestic transactions_depriving Visa & Mastercard of a huge chunk of revenue.

Hence, why following the U.S government orders, Visa & Mastercard cut their ties with wikileaks and stopped donations to the website, citing violation of rules.

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