Excellent! I hope this will at least make Putin less popular. And hopefully he will be replaced with somebody else.
The biggest mistake Putin made is that he was under impression that Russia can survive alone and isolated. That might be possible in 60s but not any more.
This particular move does not affect people living in Russia, Mastercard will continue to work within Russia as before. It only punishes people who escaped Russia and foreigners in Russia.
It doesn't work this way. For decades, media had been talking about how the collective West hates russian people and want Russia go down in flames. Now everybody sees it's true. I predict Putin's rating will be sky high in the upcoming months
I think you're right, but at some point, people have to ask why the West decided to do this at the same time as the Special Military Operation in Donbas. Then again, no one seems to think Putin bombed Russian cities and blamed it on Chechen rebels to gain power.
The biggest mistake Putin made is that he was under impression that Russia can survive alone and isolated. That might be possible in 60s but not any more.