KGB بلاروس رئیس استودیو World of Tanks را به لیست تروریستی اضافه کرد

نیکولای کاتسلاپوف، مدیر ارشد توسعه تجارت در استودیوی World of Tanks Wargaming، به نظر می رسد added to a list “of organisations and individuals involved in terrorist activities” (در برگه جدید باز می شود) by Belarus’ Committee for State Security (or KGB, yes, as in که KGB). در اقدامی که احتمالا جرقه آن را زده است Wargaming در حال خروج از بلاروس (در برگه جدید باز می شود) 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.

کاتسلاپوف در واقع در 30 دسامبر به لیست اضافه شد، اما تنها زمانی بود که روزنامه مستقل بلاروس ناشا نیوا (در برگه جدید باز می شود) (از طریق بازی World Observer (در برگه جدید باز می شود)) 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: در سال 2016 بیش از یک میلیارد دلار ارزش داشت. (در برگه جدید باز می شود)

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