Russia Looks To Seize 'World Of Tanks' Developer's Assets For "Extremist Activities"

Over Ukrainian support.

Mir Tankov operator Lesta Games is being targeted by the Russian government over claims that the maker of various long-running and highly popular war-sim titles has been involved in extremist activities. Formerly owned by Wargaming, Lesta has been running Mir Tankov, an unaffiliated take on World of Tanks, since Wargaming officially exited the Russian and Belarusian markets three years ago.

According to a report from RIA.ru (owned by the Russian state), which has been machine-translated by a user on Resetera, the Prosecutor General's office in Russia has stepped in to "prohibit the activities" of Wargaming.net (thanks VGC).

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