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美国银行开始封锁俄罗斯客户 Visa and MasterCard have blocked credit card services to some Russian bank customers as a result of US sanctions. 美国对俄罗斯的制裁已开始生效，部分俄罗斯银行客户的Visa卡和MasterCard卡的信用服务已被停止。 ? Four banks are so far affected, all of which have links to Russians blacklisted by the US. ? Visa and MasterCard, both US-based companies, are forbidden from having any dealings with those targeted by the sanctions. ? The banks, which said card services stopped without warning, have described the move as unlawful. Frozen out ? One of the banks affected, Bank Rossiya, is described by the US as Russias 15th largest, with assets of $12bn. ? The St Petersburg-based bank has been singled out by Washington as the personal bank for senior Russian officials. US officials said it would be frozen out from the dollar. ? Russian President Vladimir Putin said Bank Rossiya had nothing to do with events in Crimea and promised to transfer his wages there. I personally dont have an account there, but I certainly will open one on Monday, he told a meeting of Russias Security Council. ? President Putin also instructed the Russian central bank to step in, if needed, but the latter said the sanctions on Bank Rossiya did not have a serious bearing on the lenders financial stability. 1