SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Visa cards and lines of credit will no longer be usable in Crimea as a result of strict economic sanctions placed on Russia by the United States earlier in December.
"According to the US sanctions imposed against Crimea on December 19, 2014, Visa currently cannot provide services and offer their products in the Crimea," Visa Inc. said in a statement.