Anatoly Vyborny, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, believes that the Russian authorities should penalize gaming companies whose projects contain anti-Russian content. He is preparing corresponding amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses.

In the report on the study of government support for the gaming industry in Russia, APRIORI, IRI, and “EBR” not only shared survey results but also their recommendations. They are confident that a comprehensive strategy needs to be developed in the country.

Russian gaming companies are in need of state support, but only a small number have managed to obtain it. This conclusion was reached by the specialized association APRIORI, the Institute for Internet Development (IID), and the legal company “EBR” based on the results of a survey conducted in March.

The Moscow court has imposed administrative fines on Blizzard Entertainment and MY.GAMES. This was reported by TASS, citing a statement from the court’s press office.

Annually, the Internet Development Institute (IDI) holds a national content competition, awarding funds to the winners for the creation of their projects. In 2024, it concealed the names of almost all the winning games. As it turned out, there was a good reason for this secrecy.

The media holding Rambler&Co and the service “Kuper” surveyed 32,700 Russians about video games. Here are some figures from the study.

The University of Innopolis attempted to find out the current state of game developers in Russia. To do this, it surveyed a hundred representatives of the domestic game development industry.

By the end of 2024, it was announced that the upcoming Russian gaming console would be equipped with an “Elbrus” processor. It was initially assumed that one of the existing processor models would be chosen for the console, but it did not satisfy the requirements of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The APRIORI Association, the Internet Development Institute (IRI), and the legal company “EBR” want to find out what Russian developers think about support for the game development industry in the country. They have launched a special survey.

This morning, on March 10th, it became known that the Institute for Internet Development (IID) proposed that BRICS countries collaborate to regulate the gaming industry. Anton Gorelkin, a member of the Russian State Duma and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, commented on this idea in his Telegram channel.

The Internet Development Institute (IRI) believes that BRICS countries should collectively engage in regulating the gaming industry. This is stated in a recent study by the organization, reviewed by our colleagues at Forbes.

The authors of the bill regulating the gaming industry in Russia show little interest in the opinions of independent developers. This is the perspective of former Moscow City Duma deputy Yelena Yanchuk. She decided to conduct her own survey among indie teams.

Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor, Vadim Subbotin, shared in an interview with TASS that the agency supports the December draft law on video games, at least the part concerning the necessity of game labeling.

The discussion surrounding the gaming law in Russia continues. The Video Gaming Industry Development Organization (VGIDO) proposed at a meeting in the State Duma to divide the December bill proposal into two separate laws, one of which they are prepared to handle personally.

European authorities have adopted the 16th package of sanctions against Russia. The App2Top editorial team reviewed the documents on the Council of the European Union website and did not find the previously promised ban on the supply of gaming consoles to the country.

Forbes has compiled a list of the Russian internet companies with the highest market value at the beginning of 2025. This year, “Lesta Games” — the owner of the games “World of Warships,” “World of Tanks,” and Tanks Blitz — made it into the top ten.

Anton Gorelkin is a State Duma deputy and one of the authors of the bill “On the Development and Distribution of Video Games in the Russian Federation.” He shared his thoughts on the proposed amendments in his Telegram channel.

At the end of last year, Russian legislators proposed mandating games with an authorization option to offer several choices for Russian gamers — such as authorization via phone number, through the Gosuslugi service, or using biometric data. The sociological agency “Veber” discovered through a survey that Russians themselves do not support this idea.

Proposals for refining the much-discussed bill “On the Activity of Developing and Distributing Video Games in the Territory of the Russian Federation” continue to pour into the State Duma. Recently, the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ODVGI) sent lawmakers its amendments.