MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement Thursday that Moscow would create a national credit card payment system, similar to those used in China and Japan, to reduce the country's dependence on western-based companies.
By doing so, Russia plans to circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Russia following its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula was not recognized as legitimate by the international community.
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