The Russian government moves to effectively take control of Lesta Studio, the company running World of Tanks' live services ...

The Russian government has threatened to seize the assets of the studios behind free-to-play tank battler World Of Tanks, ...

President Putin's government seemingly "claimed" the entire Moscow-based company on April 17, 2025, on the grounds that ...

Wargaming, best known for developing World of Tanks, ended its operations in Russia and Belarus in 2022. In February of the ...

Studio take-over Russia’s prosecutor general claims Lesta's head of games Malik Khatazhaev and Wargaming owner Victor Kislyi are part of an “extremist" group. The prosecutor also cited headlines about ...

Russian authorities have branded World of Tanks-related operations "extremist" and are threatening to confiscate property held by Wargaming executives. The case involves Lesta Games, a Moscow-based ...

Lesta Games, the studio operating World of Tanks' Russian and Belarussian counterpart Mir Tankov, is at risk of having its ...

ST. PETERSBURG, June 15. /TASS/. VK and Lesta Games studio signed a memorandum of cooperation during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), under which they will create game ...

Russia apparently takes issue with Wargaming's opposition to the invasion of Ukraine, but a different company is paying the ...

transferring control of World of Tanks to Lesta Games, a Russian studio Wargaming had acquired in 2011. Wargaming said it was "no longer affiliated" with Lesta as of March 31, 2022. That ...