Russian regulators are trying to capture assets from World of Tanks developers
Top leaders from Wargaming and Lesta Games, the joint developers of The world of tanksThey could have their shares in their respective companies seized by the Russian government, according to reports by Russian news organizations Ria and RbcS
Malik Hatadzhaev, the head of the Lesta Games, and Victor Kisly, the Head of Wargaming, have been accused of extremist activities by the Prosecutor General of Russia (the equivalent of the country of the US General Prosecutor) for the support of Wargaming for Ukraine, Ria Reports. The Prosecutor General strives to seize all the shares of the executives in their respective companies.
Development of The world of tanks was divided in 2022 when Wargaming Leave their offices in Russia and Belarusand transferred the development of the Russian version of the Lesta Games game. Russia has started full -scale invasion of Ukraine the same year. In response, Wargaming held a campaign in The world of tanks Raising money for medical help in Ukraine In 2023, the Russian government decided to interpret this pro-Ukraian raising funds as an anti-Russian extremist activity. Why Lesta games are accused of the same thing is not completely clear, but this is the company that is still under the jurisdiction of the prosecutor.
Neither Lesta Games nor Wargaming have released an official statement, but Lesta Games commented on Telegram Channel, Rbc Reports. “The company works in full compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, so we have no reasons for any concern or concealment of information,” Lesta Games reports. “We have not broken anything and there is nothing to fear.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/russian-regulators-Are-trying-to-seize-sisets-from-the-developers-OF-OF-TANKS-20215
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