A group of seven Democratic lawmakers — including Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres — are demanding Mastercard and Visa suspend all business operations in pro-Kremlin Belarus, which Russian troops have been using as a staging ground in their brutal war on Ukraine.Torres — along with Reps. Steve Cohen, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jake Auchincloss, Jim Costa and Andre Carson — sent a letter to the CEOs of the credit card giants Wednesday and blasted them for their complicity in the war.“Belarus’s role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is clear,” the letter, exclusively obtained by the Post, said. “American and Ukrainian officials assert that Belarus’s leadership has allowed Belarus to serve as one of the staging grounds for Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Moreover, injured Russian troops have been evacuated to Belarusian hospitals. Belarus is as much at fault as Russia in this war.”
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