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      5 months ago

      Did you know the MIR is the name of the national credit card system? There was a doc at some point about regulations concerning the design of these credit cards for banks. One of the rules said “do not decode MIR as an abbreviation”, which also included an example image of such improper use showing a text in Russian using M I R that translates into English as “we and Russia”. So…

      Btw the word MIR directly translates as “world” and “peace”.