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Russian World Of Tanks Dev Declared As "Members Of An Extremist Organisation"

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:James Lucas

Published Jun 4, 2025

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Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi and Lesta Games founder Malik Khatajiev have been declared "extremists" by Russia.
This is due to World of Tanks' fundraising campaigns for Ukraine.
Wargaming and Lesta Games cut ties in 2022 as the World of Tanks developer left Russia.

Russia has declared that Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi and Lesta Games founder Malik Khatajiev are "members of a🐟n extremist organisation."

The verdict was delivered in Moscow City Court behind closed doors, shortly after the prosecutor-general accused Khatazhayev and Kislyi of 'anti-Russian' activity, referring to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:World of Tanks' fundraising campaign for Ukraine in 2023.

Metro author Dmitry Glukhovsky came under similar scrutiny and is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:wanted by the Russian government for protesting the war in Ukraine.

As reported by , the court ordered the seizure of all shares in Lesta Games, with assets soon t🎀o come under the state's control, where they are likely to be transferred to an "apꦏpropriate Russian company".

World Of Tanks Development Timeline

World-of-Tanks high def photo of 3 tanks and burnt forest

Shortly af𒅌ter Russia launched its invasion against Ukraine in 2022, devel♛oper Wargaming left Russia and Belarus, shutting down its offices in Minsk, Moscow, and St. Petersburg.

We saw similar stories unfold with Larian and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:GSC Game World.

In their place, Wargaming opened studios in S💮erbia and Poland, overseeing World of Tanks and World of Warships.

Lesta Games is founded in 1991.
Wargaming is founded in 1998.
In 2011, the St. Petersburg-based developer Lesta Games merges with the Belarusian studio Wargaming.
Russia invades Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Wargaming pulls out of Russia on April 4, 2022, while also splitting Lesta Games into a separate entity.
Development on the Russian version of World of Tanks ('Mir Tankov') is transferred to Lesta Games.
Lesta Games releases three licensed Wargaming games on October 12, 2022.
Wargaming launches multiple fundraisers for Ukraine in 2023, including "WargamingUnited", raising over $1 million.
that it is complicit in funding Ukraine's military.
On June 3, 2025, Victor Kislyi and Malik Khatajiev are declared extremists, while Lesta Games' assets are seized by the Russian government.

Russia Claims That It Will Not Target World Of Tanks Players

A tank drives across a dirt road in World of Tanks Blitz.

While both Wargaming and Le♋sta Games have been declared extremists for their supposed 'anti-Russian' behaviour, ♒first deputy chairman of the State Duma Information Technology Committee, Anton Gorelkin, said on Telegram that players need not worry.

"They can't be accused of supporti𓄧ng the Ukrainian Armed Forces or extremism for making in-game purchases," Gorelkin wrote. "Just as users of Instagram, which is banned in Russia and belongs to the extremistꦬ company Meta, have nothing to fear."

As the case was held behind closed♒ doors, no other official details h🍰ave been released to the public yet.