{
  "id": 11306317,
  "title": "U.S. sanctions Russia’s A7 payment system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/u-s-sanctions-russias-a7-payment-system",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T23:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/u-s-sanctions-russia-s-a7-payment-system-50646394.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 1, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against the A7 payment system, designating it as a transnational criminal organization. Russia utilized A7 to process payments through international banks in 2024 and 2025, with over 2,000 transactions per day and a total volume exceeding RUB7.5 trillion ($91.5 billion) in 2025. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the sanctions aimed to isolate Iran and its financial partners, dismantling the financial infrastructure that enables such evasion of sanctions and undermining the global financial system. The restrictions apply to all U.S.-based assets and transactions involving subagents acting on behalf of the A7 network. In 2025, the Financial Times reported on the A7A5 cryptocurrency token, a stablecoin pegged to the Russian ruble created by Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor. A7A5 was launched in Kyrgyzstan in February 2025, with about $9.3 billion transferred through the token over four months. The token was backed by ruble deposits at Promsvyazbank, a bank under U.S., UK, and EU sanctions.",
  "summary": "The U.S. Treasury Department added the A7 payment system to its sanctions list and designated it as a transnational criminal organization, the department announced on Oct. 1.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}