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The Prosecutor General's Office has asked Moscow's Tagansky District Court to prohibit the activities of the association consisting of Lesta owner Malik Khatazhaev and Wargaming.net owner Viktor Kisly, and to collect one hundred percent of Lesta's shares as state revenue, according to court documents available to RIA Novosti.
"Statement of claim by the Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia to prohibit the activities of the association consisting of V.V. Kisly and M.A. Khatazhaev and to transfer shares in the authorized capital of the defendants to the state," the documents say.

The Prosecutor General's Office believes that Kislyi and Khatazhayev are part of an association that carries out extremist activities. The plaintiff attached to the lawsuit publications with the headlines "The most military game World of Tanks against Russia's special operation", "How Wargaming survived 25 years - and dealt with the war in Ukraine", "Wargaming launched a charity project with Ukrainian content in games to raise money for ambulances".
Earlier it became known that the assets of the Lesta Group of Companies and persons associated with it had been seized.

 

[Hudo]

Finally, Russia has some tanks.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Ukraine just needs to make World of Drones.

 

[winjer]

They should have left Russia a long time ago.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

One of my top played games ever and without a doubt the game I have invested the most money in

Am I in turn about to become a Russian asset?

 

[Darkkahn]

One of my top played games ever and without a doubt the game I have invested the most money in

Am I in turn about to become a Russian asset?

We know you've got nice assets.

 

[Kuranghi]

Can they do anything about this at all?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

We know you've got nice assets.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Can they do anything about this at all?

They can appeal I guess.

 

[dotnotbot]

They should have left Russia a long time ago.

They did, article doesn't explain properly what happened and why this situation is so absurd.

Sorry for the link, but it's well explained here:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/russian-government-moves-to-seize-lesta-studio-and-their-assets-developer-and-publisher-of-wot-and-wows-in-russia-hits-ceo-with-extremism-charges.1174722/

 

[P:axMagellanic]

They should have left Russia a long time ago.

They did, they're in Cyprus and own a bank there. This is their Russian subsidiary/contractor to keep the RU server going.

 

[PeteBull]

Simpsons were right:

 

[demented waffle]

Did they forget to make the T-54s invincible?

 

[Ribi]

Russia really just wants access to the forums for those military secrets

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Lesta is a local operator of Мир Танков wich has nothing to do with global WoT for years now.

 

[Kilau]

One of my top played games ever and without a doubt the game I have invested the most money in

Am I in turn about to become a Russian asset?

Playing for the REDS?!

 

[bender]

One of my top played games ever and without a doubt the game I have invested the most money in

Am I in turn about to become a Russian asset?

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Behold the kleptocracy at work.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Playing for the REDS?!

 

[Deerock71]

 

[P:axMagellanic]

Russia really just wants access to the forums for those military secrets

That's Warthunder.

Another Russian game company that moved abroad. (hungary in their case)

 

[Ribi]

That's Warthunder.

Another Russian game company that moved abroad. (hungary in their case)

 

[Karim]

It's out of mind how this country can still tolerate Putin and his government. Will be a true liberation when he will die. In the last decade they are fully regressed to the cold war era for this retarded old man.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

That's what you can expect with no separation of powers. You get separated from your property.

 

[Judge Magister]

It was No politics in gaming on Neogaf, wasn't it ?!

 

[Karim]

It was No politics in gaming on Neogaf, wasn't it ?!

Let me guess: russian right?

 

[MrRibeye]

World of Tanks confirmed as launch title for that Russian gaming console.

Hardware  Thread 'Vladimir Putin orders creation of Russian game consoles'

Mar 29, 2024

Vladimir Putin orders creation of Russian game consoles, Steam-like cloud delivery, and OS

Putin made the order following a meeting on the socio-economic development of Kaliningrad. The deadline for the government to come up with the plans is June 15,...

www.techspot.com

Putin made the order following a meeting on the socio-economic development of Kaliningrad. The deadline for the government to come up with the plans is June 15, 2024. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been appointed responsible for overseeing the task.

Putin's dream of a Russian gaming ecosystem to rival the likes of Valve, Sony, and Microsoft isn't going to be easy to achieve. As noted by Russian-language publication Kommersant, which spoke to industry figures...

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[Crayon]

Fuck Putin but ngl I want one of his consoles. People'sStation make it happen .

 

[AzekZero]

It sucks that Lesta is getting targeted for having a tenuous association with Wargaming.net.

I imagine similar companies formed when western corporations pulled out of Russia are gonna get the same treatment.

 

[Gp1]

Luckily Eagle Dynamics / DCS make their run to Switzerland before all this shit.

 

[kremit]

Fuck Putin but ngl I want one of his consoles. People'sStation make it happen .

When competition is so dull your hoping for the Russbox 360 to finally spice things up