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by kstenerud 481 days ago
It's actually to stop buying and selling tickets on the secondary market, which is fair. It's just the tech mismatch causing unintended consequences. Even the guys at Privatbank were shaking their heads at the absurdity (and they're the ones who run one of the authentication mechanisms. Even having a bank account there in your name is not enough).