La KGB bielorrusa agrega al jefe del estudio de World of Tanks a la lista de terroristas

Nikolai Katselapov, director de desarrollo comercial del estudio Wargaming de World of Tanks, parece haber sido added to a list “of organisations and individuals involved in terrorist activities” (se abre en una pestaña nueva) by Belarus’ Committee for State Security (or KGB, yes, as in esa KGB). En una medida que probablemente fue provocada por Wargaming se retira de Bielorrusia (se abre en una pestaña nueva) following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he is accused under article 290-1—”Financing of terrorist activities”—of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

De hecho, Katselapov fue añadido a la lista el 30 de diciembre, pero fue sólo cuando el periódico independiente bielorruso nasha niva (se abre en una pestaña nueva) (a través de Observador del mundo del juego (se abre en una pestaña nueva)) reported on the story that it came to wider public knowledge. Nasha Niva believes that Katselapov is still free, which would make sense given that Wargaming hasn’t been present in Belarus for nearly a year now, but hasn’t been able to obtain comment from the company thus far.

I’ve also reached out to Wargaming to ask for comment on this story, and will update this piece if I receive a reply.

Belarus has long used its terrorist list as a political bludgeon. In the past, dissidents like opposition leader and former presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya have been added to it as a pretext to justify repression of groups and individuals hostile to president Alyaksandr Lukashenka. It’s likely that Wargaming’s decision to vacate the country back in April last year offended the higher echelons of Belarus’ government, particularly given that Wargaming was the country’s largest game development studio: Fue valorado en más de mil millones de dólares en 2016. (se abre en una pestaña nueva)

It’s unclear why Belarus has picked on Katselapov particularly, though Nasha Niva theorises he may at some point have donated money to opposition political figures. Regardless, he has become entry #993 on the most recent version of Belarus’ terrorist list, and it’s looking even more unlikely that Wargaming will return to its home country anytime soon.

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• Fuente: https://www.pcgamer.com/belarusian-kgb-adds-world-of-tanks-studio-boss-to-terrorist-list