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.

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.

A group of Russian companies has submitted their suggestions to the Russian State Duma regarding changes that should be made to the bill, which regulates the gaming industry in the country. In their view, a significant portion of the requirements needs to be changed.

Recently, “Buka” presented a list of amendments and recommendations for the draft law “On the Activities of Developing and Distributing Video Games in the Russian Federation,” which was submitted for consideration to the State Duma on December 12 by a group of deputies and senators led by Anton Gorelkin. The App2Top editorial team spoke with Alexander Tebuev, CEO of “Buka,” about why the company prepared comments and whether they will be considered by lawmakers.

Alexander Zhuravlev is the managing partner of the law firm “EBR” and a member of the working group at the Russian Ministry of Digital Development for video games. He spoke to the newspaper “Kommersant” about the nuances of the bill that regulates the gaming industry in Russia. Below are the key points from the interview.

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Pyotr Tolstoy, announced that today, January 21, the first meeting of the Duma’s working group on video games took place.

The Russian authorities continue to work on a legislative bill aimed at regulating the video game market in the country. According to TASS, a special inter-factional working group has been formed in the State Duma to refine the bill.

The Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ODVGI) criticized the bill “On the Activities of Developing and Distributing Video Games on the Territory of the Russian Federation.” Representatives from the organization stated that the initiative would harm the domestic game development sector instead of aiding it.

Today, December 12, a bill was submitted to the State Duma titled “On the Activities of Developing and Distributing Video Games in the Russian Federation.” We asked Roman Lukyanov, managing partner of the legal firm Semenov&Pevzner, to share his opinion on the project.

We wrote in detail about the bill in the morning, but now let’s note that the published final version in its main part does not differ from the one that the editorial staff received the day before. However, there is a nuance.