Nikolai Katselapov 是《坦克世界》工作室 Wargaming 的首席业务开发官，他似乎 added to a list “of organisations and individuals involved in terrorist activities” （在新标签页中打开） by Belarus’ Committee for State Security (or KGB, yes, as in 这 克格勃）。 此举可能是由 Wargaming退出白俄罗斯 （在新标签页中打开） 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.
卡谢拉波夫实际上早在 30 月 XNUMX 日就被列入了名单，但那是在白俄罗斯独立报纸 娜莎·妮娃（Nasha Niva） （在新标签页中打开） （通过 游戏世界观察家 （在新标签页中打开）) 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: 2016年其估值超过XNUMX亿美元。 （在新标签页中打开）
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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- Sumber: https://www.pcgamer.com/belarusian-kgb-adds-world-of-tanks-studio-boss-to-terrorist-list
