What is Mir in Russia?

[22] Mir is mainly promoted by the Russian government, with legislation that came into force on 1 May 2017 mandating that all welfare and pension payments be processed through the system by January 2018.

What is the Mir space station?

Mir is the longest lasting, most elaborate space station to date. At Mir's core is a module where the astronauts live and six docking ports which are used for re-supply vehicles and to lock on the specialised modules that are used for various technical work.

What are the modules of Mir?

Additional modules were launched as follows: Kvant 1 (March 1987), Kvant 2 (November 1989), Kristall (May 1990), Spektr (May 1995) and Priroda (April 1996). What are the modules of MIR? MIR core module (20.9 tonnes, 13.13 m x 4.15 m) Living quarters: galley/table, cooking elements and storage, individual crew cabins and personal hygiene area.

What is the Mir payment system?

[6] [7] [8] On the basis of the initial groundwork, Mir as a system was formalized in 2014 as a way to overcome potential blocks of electronic payments, after several Russian banks were denied services by US-based Visa and MasterCard because of the sanctions regime against them. [9]