Do not try to pay in rubles!
Lots of people, when adding a card, seem to be making the same mistake. They click on "global card" (should be "non-Russian card") but don't change the currency selection from "Rubles (RUB)" to "Dollars (USD)". That doesn't work.
Do not try to pay in rubles!
Any VISA or MasterCard that supports 3D Secure protocol (most do) and doesn't block international internet transactions will work. It can be a credit card, a debit card (linked to an account) or a prepaid card (a reasonable choice).
the 'independence' of some 'Yamalo-Nenets Republic or Tyumen Republic', or Yakutia, or...., made easier by the continuous 'resistance' of the heroic 'Ukraine' which would pin down the bulk of the Russian forces. Haven't the Americans occupied once upon a time Vladivostock, Irkutsk? And the Japanese?
which China needs outside help and cooperation'' (Letter of Jacob H. Schiff to the Department of State). Schiff, who was a 'railway tycoon' beside the banker who funded the Japanese war effort and ati-Russian propaganda, was advocating for the Japanese control of the Transsiberian Railway,
as part of the
plan for a global transport system, in which of course Schiff would have had the lion's share. .