As of 2021 only available Origin payment method for Russians is PayPal
...which is a joke 'cause PayPal isn't a popular/widespread thing in Russia. It wasn't fully functioning/functioning at all here during last 15 years. Currently it's not performing internal money-transfer operations so not many people using it. Moreover adding money to PayPal account even if you have one can not be performed from card - only physically in certain local stores.
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I know it's due to our crazy isolationist/enemies-everywhere-sponsoring-opposition Central Bank policy, but it prohibits payments from only one YandexMoney payment system. You know EA (for now at least) we still have Visa/Mastercard.... but we can not pay with them. Why?
I'm not sure how interested EA is in Russian market and will it notice it or not but I'm pretty sure SP18 sales will drop to almost 0 in Russia. Especially since Russia is very relaxed about using pirated copies.
I suggest local marketing team to review the situation and work on adding some convenient payment method for Russian users overwise you'll just lose this market.
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I know it's due to our crazy isolationist/enemies-everywhere-sponsoring-opposition Central Bank policy, but it prohibits payments from only one YandexMoney payment system. You know EA (for now at least) we still have Visa/Mastercard.... but we can not pay with them. Why?
I'm not sure how interested EA is in Russian market and will it notice it or not but I'm pretty sure SP18 sales will drop to almost 0 in Russia. Especially since Russia is very relaxed about using pirated copies.
I suggest local marketing team to review the situation and work on adding some convenient payment method for Russian users overwise you'll just lose this market.
