This could exist as I was made a money transfer yesterday which I done not for the first time. And this time a bank officer asked me to sign a paper justified that I'm not taking a public position being a foreign resident. When I asked what if I am. Then - I've been told - my bank transfer could be made only after conversation and approval of Bank Head. I have not managed to get an answer what means " to be a public foreign resident" :) Just could suppose some new rule about money transfer for non residents has been appeared.
AL> Great news, everyone. AL> Expats can #39;t use Yandex Money any more, at least AL> according to their "Legal and Security Department." (Yandex AL> Money is like a Russian PayPal.) Apparently, now, only citizens AL> of the RF can use Yandex Money. Again, according to the drones at AL> Yandex Money. AL> The story: AL> I enjoy launching Websites as a hobby. (OK, during the AL> crisis, I #39;ll do some professional Web work, but you AL> understand.) I used to pay for hosting (usually Masterhost -- AL> they #39;re good) using Yandex Money (Y$). It was easy... I #39;d AL> buy a payment card at a kiosk, throw some cash on my Y$ account, AL> then just transfer that to the service provider online. Mucho AL> convenient. AL> A couple of weeks ago, I had to re-launch a Website for a AL> colleague, but forgot my Y$ payment password. I was required to AL> come to the Y$ office in order to have it re-set. Fine. I came AL> in with my US passport, filled out a form, and voila... AL> Within three hours my password was reset, but I also received AL> notice that my Agreement was being nullified, due to some AL> unspecified RF law, which somehow stated that only RF citizens AL> could have such accounts. (?!?) Also, that I had 10 days to AL> spend my remaining balance, after which the account itself would AL> be "nullified." AL> I notified them with a refusal, and a demand for them to AL> quote me the specific law in the RF Codex. They simply repeated, AL> "Look, we can nullify the contract whenever we want, so hurry up AL> and spend your remaining cash." AL> Conclusion: AL> I #39;m spending the money left on my Yandex Money account, AL> but leaving 100 rubles on there. Their Terms of Use agreement AL> doesn #39;t indicate a clear-cut excuse for them to "eat" the AL> remaining money, so my lawyer friends and I might just have some AL> fun, accusing Y$ in Criminal Theft. Yes, over 100 rubles -- AL> hahaha, that IS the American Way! (But as Scooby Doo would say, AL> "rots o #39; ruck.") AL> Epilogue: AL> Take it as you want. I #39;m not a panic-monger: I #39;m AL> fluent in Russian, so I didn #39;t misunderstand Y$ #39;s replies AL> one bit, and relayed the situation to you all as it is. But I don AL> #39;t reply well to expats being screwed, so I had to relay the AL> story. AL> All the best, AL> -Alexander AL> P.S. AL> If I find out what mysterious "RF law" forbids non-citizens from buying AL> kiosk cards and paying for stuff with the virtual funds, I #39;ll AL> CERTAINLY let you know. _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
