As my wife and daughter are both Thai citizens I frequent the country. I now wonder what I would do if I were put in the Russian tourist/Expat situation? Specifically what if visa/MC cut me off, and/or I couldn't use ATMs to get money from my banks?
Have to rethink my travel strategies. One thing I can do is make sure my American Express Card is updated. Also having money outside the USA needs consideration, I had already thought about it, but this adds another reason.
There is a Chinese Union Pay card, as a Visa/MC alternative. Western financial system is not to be trusted.
Unfortunately for the Russians they are now international pariahs.
Locking them up in their refrigerator country is about the only way we can keep barbarians out of our own countries.
They can change that someday if they want to overthrow Maximum Leader for Life Bad Vlad.
But it’s going to be basically at least 50 years now before anyone trusts them to be in their land. After all, BadVlad says that if even so much as one Rooshian is in your country, he has a right to invade and declare an independent Russian People’s Republic.
Protect yourself then. Deport them all.
Watch the world adopt two currency exchanges and with a competing value the reality of actual physical assets becomes more concrete.
I thought Thailand was closed due to COVID restrictions. Last I heard they’ve said it will open up on April 1st.
Back to Cuba I guess.
If you’re stuck in Phuket just say….
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They should dump them all at the Russian Embassy
Wonder what they'd think if the Worm Turned.