The government is preparing a new tax for foreign IT companies. It will amount to 3% of the income they receive from Russian users. The new law will also affect app stores.

Gaming companies in Russia may be subject to the “Spring law”, that is, oblige to store gamers’ data and the history of their correspondence. This initiative was taken by one of the centers controlled by Roskomnadzor. Experts also suggest regulating donation collection services and gaming loot boxes.This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper with reference to the study of the Main Radio Frequency Center (GRFC), which is part of the structure of Roskomnazdor.

On June 1, amendments to the law on education concerning educational activities began to take effect in Russia. Among other things, they may affect game development courses and presentations at conferences.

Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the so-called “landing” law, which will oblige large foreign IT companies to open branches in the territory of the Russian Federation. Roman Lukyanov, Managing Partner of Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm, in the column for App2Top.ru I have sorted out the key issues to the law. In particular, about the seriousness of the Government’s intentions and the criteria for selecting legal entities and individuals who fall under its action.Roman Lukyanov

The Cabinet of Ministers “conceptually” supported a bill that obliges large foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia.

A few days ago, Deputy Alexander Khinshtein proposed to oblige large IT companies to open their representative offices in Russia. Now this bill concerning foreign companies with a daily audience of 500 thousand Russian users has been officially submitted to the State Duma. The preliminary review date is June 1.Khinstein told Interfax about this today.

MY.GAMES has compiled a portrait of a Russian gamer by the end of 2020. To do this, the company conducted a survey in which about two thousand players aged 15 to 44 years took part. According to the results of the survey, it turned out that the majority of gamers in Russia are men (59%).

The services of the Sber ecosystem analyzed how Russians spent money during the May holidays. It turned out that the turnover of payments in gaming services that accept payments through UCASSA has almost doubled.Data on the behavior and payments of Russian video game lovers was shared by the press service of YUMOPEU.

State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein is going to introduce a bill on “landing” in the near future. It proposes to oblige IT companies with a daily audience of 500 thousand Russians to open official representative offices in Russia.

Against the background of the tragedy in Kazan, Senator Alexander Bashkin proposed to strengthen control over the content of video games. He believes that games glorify violence and can lead to shootings in schools.

The new law on education will take control of master classes and educational videos on the Internet. This became clear from the resolution published last week. We tell you what happened.

President Vladimir Putin approved the idea of Rospotrebnadzor to make days off between May holidays. Now Russians will have a rest from May 1 to May 10 inclusive.

Today it became known about the government’s plans to establish a special fund to support games that popularize Russian history and culture. It is reported that the main initiators — Mail.ru Group and Yandex, and the project itself can work by analogy with the Cinema Fund.The initiative was included in the latest edition of the second package of measures to support the IT industry, Kommersant reports.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to introduce a special court for IT companies, which can be launched by 2024. We are talking about the consideration of criminal cases under economic articles. The agency is also considering the introduction of a moratorium on inspections, which, according to officials, will help companies “feel protected.”This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev at a meeting of the Federation Council for the Development of the…

In the Russian Nintendo eShop, prices have risen sharply. Now the standard versions of some flagship games will cost users 6299 rubles. For example, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (their old price is 5249 rubles).

The growth in dollar terms turned out to be significantly less.

Russian gamers’ spending on console games continues to grow. Last year, Russians bought more than 1.8 million games on physical media, spending over 4.4 billion rubles. The lion’s share of purchases came from discs for PlayStation consoles.

The State Duma adopted amendments to the law on education in the third reading. Now educational activities will be regulated by federal ministries. Experts directly call it censorship. However, it is still unclear whether the new law will affect courses and conferences related to the gaming industry.The text of the adopted amendments to the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” is published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science.

The authorities are discussing the creation of a special fund to support Russian online content. It will work by analogy with the Cinema Fund. At the same time, not only TV series creators, but also video game developers will be able to count on subsidies.The plans to create a Fund for Russian online content were reported by RBC with reference to sources familiar with the situation.