How Mail.Ru protects Russians from offshore games about fascists

    A Mail.Ru spokesman called World of Tanks a “Cypriot, offshore” game, where “people on fascist tanks attack, shoot Russian tanks.” This statement was made by the director of the gaming division of the marketing company Mikhail Kochergin, speaking on February 4 at a meeting of the expert council on e-sports and the industry of developing games in the State Duma.

    When asked by one of those present whether the Belarusian developer is a competitor to Mail.Ru, Kochergin noted: “No, these are not competitors. We do not have such a game, and we do not plan to release it. ” Let me remind you that last year, the company launched the tanks.mail.ru project, which some users considered something similar to World of Tanks.

    Kochergin's speech begins at 15:43 , the mention of World of Tanks at 16:41:


    A representative of Mail.Ru also called on the state to begin regulating the Russian video game market, for example, protecting local manufacturers from foreign ones: “What we now see is pressure from foreign companies. First of all, Chinese. Which enter the Russian market and squeeze out Russian manufacturers very much. ”

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    Upd: Update from the press service of Mail.Ru:
    The comment made does not reflect the position of Mail.Ru Group. In this case, the employee significantly exceeded his authority and spoke out on a topic that is not related to his area of ​​competence. After discussing the incident, we decided to leave - Mikhail Kochergin no longer works in the company.


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