KGB הבלארוסי מוסיף את בוס אולפן World of Tanks לרשימת הטרוריסטים

ניקולאי קטסלאפוב, מנהל הפיתוח העסקי הראשי באולפן World of Tanks Wargaming, נראה added to a list “of organisations and individuals involved in terrorist activities” (נפתח בלשונית חדשה) by Belarus’ Committee for State Security (or KGB, yes, as in זֶה KGB). בצעד שכנראה נוצר על ידי Wargaming יוצא מבלארוס (נפתח בלשונית חדשה) 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.

קטסלאפוב למעשה התווסף לרשימה כל הדרך ב-30 בדצמבר, אבל זה היה רק ​​כאשר העיתון הבלארוסי העצמאי נאשה ניבה (נפתח בלשונית חדשה) (דרך משחק World Observer (נפתח בלשונית חדשה)) 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: שוויו הוערך בלמעלה ממיליארד דולר ב-2016. (נפתח בלשונית חדשה)

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