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| Putin called for creating an attractive image of Russia in video games | |
| 2023-12-19 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Russians already make the best Bad Guys.
“There is a very important component - the content of the games. After all, millions of people play these games, and if they play with such content, where Russia or our people, the peoples of Russia, our history, traditions are presented - this is done, by the way - in some unseemly form, this causes colossal damage to our country.” ,—the president noted at a meeting with the winners and mentors of the professional skills championship. Content that includes respect for the history and traditions of Russia, for parents and for the country itself will create a powerful foundation for stability, Vladimir Putin emphasized. Russia is in the top five in terms of the number of people playing video games, the president also noted. “Approximately 60% of citizens of the Russian Federation over 18 or 16 years old are interested in this. This is a lot, and we are among the top five countries in terms of the number of players in the world,” said the head of state. He called video games a very profitable business. According to preliminary estimates, the volume of this market in Russia alone is estimated at 177 billion rubles, so young specialists “have something to do,” added Vladimir Putin. As reported IA Regnum earlier, in August 2023, Vladimir Putin instructed the government to prepare proposals to promote video games of domestic developers to foreign markets, including the BRICS countries. In July 2023, at a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the ANO “Russia - the Land of Opportunities”, the President noted that computer games should help a person develop, instill in people universal values and not “leavened patriotism." Video games are “not a toy business,” but a colossal, multi-billion dollar business, but the main thing is not the money, but the fact that the game should help a person develop and help him find himself, says Vladimir Putin. | |
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