MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. Apple has notified Russia’s National Payment Card System (NSPK) that it is suspending support for Mir cards in the Apple Pay payment service, the NSPK press service reports.

"Apple has informed NSPK it is suspending support for Mir cards in the Apple Pay payment service. Starting from March 24, users cannot add new Mir cards to the service. Apple will stop all operations of previously added cards over the next few days," the company said.

International payment systems Visa and Mastercard on March 10 suspended their activities in Russia. All cards of these payment systems, already issued by Russian banks, fully work in Russia until the expiration date showed on the card, but they cannot be used for payments abroad. Cards of Visa and Mastercard payments systems cannot be used in Apple Pay and Google Pay services.