The bill signed by Vladimir Putin over a year ago is now baring its fangs, with state-owned Sberbank now coldly rejecting transactions to offshore gambling sites and ewallets.
Russia's move to make banks and payment processing companies ban online gambling payments is now in full swing as state-owned and the biggest bank in Russia Sberbank has confirmed that it will no longer allow the processing[...] Read more » Russian Banks Now Implement Payment Ban to Offshore Gambling Operators
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You can not deposit with regular cards like as electron visa? or the law of Russia has banned this? If you make a mistake, you are liable to the fin? I asked these questions and i do not know if you will answer, but i hope someone from Russia to answer how serious the situation is with the live or online poker.
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at least you have some option to deposit or to make cashout from this sites,but who know till when this will last,because russian goverment will find this way in future and will stop every way of deposits in foreign gambling site!but good luck till then!
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You will have to watch the whole thing closely. You dont want to miss, the chance of getting your money back from the deposits along with any winnings you may have. Make sure you are not leaving too much money in any site. Better safe than sorry
Posted by CALICUL: You can not deposit with regular cards like as electron visa? or the law of Russia has banned this? If you make a mistake, you are liable to the fin? I asked these questions and i do not know if you will answer, but i hope someone from Russia to answer how serious the situation is with the live or online poker.
I am answering your question .... yes exactly ..... now the banks are blocking deposits and withdrawing money to a casino or online poker .... these are the sad laws .... you have to use additional tools .... like virtual wallets .... it is still working ... I do not know how long it will last .... But of course all this is very sad .... maybe something will change in the future
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It's really bad what's going on and sad. Nobody fight with Putin to change something. I do not know what he thinks, but i hope not to start a war with Sua. Something is happening and they are silent. Maybe it's just the fault of the Russians gamblers, who lose more money, than they earn and the government wants to keep money in the country, for the Russia economy.
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If you can still use online wallets, and you are able to play in all the sites, or at least most of them, then the damage was not that big. If they go this one step further, it may get uglier But again, be sure to keep an eye on all the developments. You dont want not to be updated on the subject, if you keep money in
Posted by Mober: If you can still use online wallets, and you are able to play in all the sites, or at least most of them, then the damage was not that big. If they go this one step further, it may get uglier But again, be sure to keep an eye on all the developments. You dont want not to be updated on the subject, if you keep money in
the problem will only arise if e-wallets oblige to share information with officials .... and there are blocking on deposits and withdrawal of funds from the casino online poker .... such a problem may arise .... it's Russia .... and banned .... very unpleasant situation
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If you had friends outside of Russia, with accounts in those poker rooms which allows the transfer of money between players, would be ideal for you. If the laws not change in the meantime, it will be increasingly worse. These laws are designed to destroy, instead of helping.
Posted by CALICUL: If you had friends outside of Russia, with accounts in those poker rooms which allows the transfer of money between players, would be ideal for you. If the laws not change in the meantime, it will be increasingly worse. These laws are designed to destroy, instead of helping.
there is a country near Belarus .... any casinos and any poker sites are allowed there ... maybe try to live there .... although I really love my city St. Petersburg and I don’t want to go anywhere from here .... Ok .. we live ... let's see what happens next .... maybe something will change for the better .... maybe
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I think Sankt Petersburg it's beautiful. I saw your city, in hitman 2 game... and through movies or the internet. Unfortunately laws for people do not help, but for clever boys or oligarchs, the law does not apply too much. I would like things to change in Europe and Americans, Spaniards, French, Italians, Poles, Australians, Asia, or Africa to be able to play with the rest of the world.
and through movies or the internet. 
