In Russia, Apple was officially recognized as a monopolist. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) ruled that the company is abusing its dominant position in the market because it does not allow developers to inform App Store users about alternative payment methods.

Rostec can develop a domestic game engine. Sergey Chemezov, the head of the state corporation, asked the Ministry of Finance to support the initiative and help with financing. In particular, he offered to transfer the funds of the Rosinfokominvest fund to Rostec.

The Novosibirsk School of the Olympic Reserve in shooting sports will now prepare for the esports championships. According to Vesti Novosibirsk, the country’s first esports school has opened on its basis.

On July 6, the WN Gaming business Conference ended in St. Petersburg. After attending the event, the editor–in-chief App2Top.ru he shared his thoughts on the state of the domestic game development.

The developer and publisher of mobile games Nexters has announced corporate changes. The company will no longer work directly in Russia. She also expanded the relocation program.

This is due to their “limited representation on the market.” But the demand (in pieces) for video cards increased by 10%.

Major Russian gaming companies, including VK, are currently negotiating with the Ministry of Digital Development about the possibility of allocating state funding for the development of a domestic game engine.

Students in grades 8-11 will be offered free two-year programming courses. This is stated in the resolution of the Ministry of Finance approving the allocation of funds for the new initiative.

The State Duma in the third reading adopted a law on tax support for the IT industry. Russian companies will be able to claim a tax deduction for the costs of supporting their activities.

Russian officials are increasingly talking about the need to support the Russian gaming industry. Now the working group “Development of computer sports in the Russian Federation” under the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports has spoken about this.

Last Friday, the Institute for Internet Development (IRI) opened the reception of competitive applications for the creation of Russian content in the digital environment. Games are also accepted for the competition.

A little morning analytics. VK Play and ResearchMe conducted a survey of almost 2,000 people across Russia (aged 18 and over). The majority of respondents who noted that they have a computer said that they use it for games.

Anton Gorelkin, a State Duma deputy and deputy chairman of the Information Policy Committee, noted in his Telegram that today “it is urgently necessary to create your own game engine.”

Russian gamers have become more economical. This conclusion was reached by the specialists of the Moscow Credit Bank (MKB), who studied the expenses of their customers for the first five months of 2022.

Yesterday, the Russian government officially submitted to the State Duma a bill on the creation of a so-called “single app store”. If it is accepted, then this store will be mandatory pre-installed on smartphones sold in the country.

Russian IT companies appealed to the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadaev with a request not to simplify the requirements and not to change the order in which new products are included in the register of domestic software. The association “Domestic Software” believes that because of this initiative, many direct clones of foreign applications will be able to get into the registry.

Rosgvardiya may appear in video games. State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein wrote a letter to the director of the Rosgvardiya with a proposal to use video games to create a positive image and “glorify” the law enforcement agency.

This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev in an interview with the RBC TV channel. He explained that mostly those IT specialists who “left on emotions” and could not find a job quickly returned.

Gaming experts, together with lawyers, have begun working on a draft law on the regulation of games in Russia, Vedomosti reports, citing two sources. If it is accepted, then Russian developers will be able to count on at least three support measures.