Typically affiliate programs don't accept affiliates from the same countries that ccbill or paycom doesn't accept memberships from. The rationale is that these countries have higher fraud rates or higher charge-back ratios.

It's not completely fair because a lot of the former eastern bloc countries are still on their even though their economies are doing alright. Like there's nothing particulary criminal about Slovenia, yet it's there on the list.

You may also want to have a chat with Brian at Pistol Media. He's had some problems with some European webmasters and might be able to shed some light on it for you.

I'd also talk to your processor and get the low-down on why you shouldn't be accepting affiliates from those countries, or how you allow them if you want to override the recommendation, and I believe, if I'm not mistaken, you can do that. But you could be opening your program up to more fraud.

As a personal note, I never promote any Russian-based programs because (a) the content is always dodgy (guys fucking their mothers, guys beating the shit out of one another and drawing blood, all kinds of borderline stuff; (b) I'm never sure I'm going to get paid, and (c) I've seen more than one documentary where Russian women are lured to some foreign country like Turkey at the hopes of working in a hotel and making lots of money, only to find out that they're jailed up and put to work as prostitutes and porn actresses. I'm never really sure how legit the Russian content is, so I just stay away from it.

Michael