Oh, so YouTuber advertisers are Russian assets too?
magus-21
Those aren’t gonna replace your bombers, bro.
buds4hugs
Wow… I’m guessing the devs didn’t bend to the government’s will or the government wants the profits from the game
Tankloid
but wargaming isn’t russian, do they mean lesta?
Edit: I read the article, yes, they refer to Lesta.
Anodaxia
Will this affect the playerbase?
The_Real-M3
State Mandated War Thunder accounts soon?
JgdPz_plojack
Please, hoping someone will leak it for modded offline bot mode, including Gaijin War Thunder. Their game are too grindy.
Better than leaking real life military documents by their game forum.
ceedub7
This is an AI-written article isn’t it? The weak and pointless “Conclusion” reeks of it.
Aedeus
And there are people out there who think that Gaijin doesn’t toe the Kremlin’s line.
NedixTV
Let me guess the armata blueprint were leaked and it was printed on 🧻
synthwavve
Can’t they just call the whole world extremist and cut all the internet cables leading out of russia?
HiTekLoLyfe
I thought this was the onion. Why does that happen so much these days.
Ehgadsman
desperate for tanks, any tanks
snoogins355
Bold move, let’s see how it works out
JonTheWizard
This is innie-cock behavior. Like your cock is so small it’s literally concave.
airbear13
Reminder that business in Russia makes 0 sense if you are an in international company, you have no security there
pre_nerf_infestor
Did the war thunder devs put them up to this lmao
RyansPlace
So if Russia were to seize actual Russian made game titles (IL-2, Crossout, etc), does that render them open domain for the rest of the world?
Turkino
Next major game update:
Explosive fpv drone swarms
sielingfan
Totally normal country behavior
Waldo305
Whats wierd is that there was a propaganda piece earlier in the war of some kid recruited to be a Tank Driver. I vaguely remember the article glazing the kid because he was a top world of tank players and I wondered what the hell that would mean as the war had shown how Ukranian drones were killing tanks so badly that it forced the Russian tanks hide under drone tents. Something that still happens and has made the life of any tank driver a living hell.
NeonGKayak
They should now nerf the Russians and make them more realistic by being the worst military
boulevardpaleale
aww, putin mad.
mudokin
I wonder when BSG will be targeted.
sawdustsneeze
Time to play again apparently
Odisher7
Imagine if they did that just to get info on random tanks lol
red-african-swallow
Not enough Stalinium framed tanks it would seem.
Armation
and that’s why you don’t do business in a shit hole country like ruzzia
Permabanned_for_sexy
In 2023, Wargaming openly declared its support for Ukraine. Malik Khatazhaev, owner of “Lesta Games,” repeatedly stated he had no connection with Wargaming and openly supported the Russian army. However, in late April 2025, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office demanded the company be declared extremist.
>Support Russian army
>Be declared extremist by Russia
tiagolkar
Is ISU 152 nerfed?
j5kDM3akVnhv
It was the tank exterior stickers of Arnie, Mila Jankovic and Jason Statham that finally drove Putin over the edge.
It was too extremely lame for even Russian state government to accept.
NumerousBug9075
Tldr: The company was declared extremist because they had a loose association with a different company that supports Ukraine, even though they themselves support Russia.
It’s clear that the Russian government was simply looking for an excuse to nationalize it, to use its assets for the war efforts.
It’s interesting how the Russian government would punish its *own* if it found some way to benefit. I feel zero sympathy for world of tanks, but I *do* feel bad for Russians who hate the war, have no control/say in their government and are be persecuted like this.
Putin and his cronies would do both Russia and the world a favour if they simply, fucked off the face of the planet.
SilionRavenNeu
Anyone remembering the Minecraft incident? Anyone want to blow up Moscow?
DrDestro229
Oh shit
WillMcNoob
meanwhile gaijin is proudly russian still, even hiring former MoD employees
overfiend1976
Its always given me a chuckle that real world villians are such pathetic dipshits compared to anything made up in comics/tv/movies
PloppyTheSpaceship
Putin: “Now make tanks for us, like in your little game.”
Devs: “It doesn’t work like that…”
Putin: “Make. Tanks. For. Us.”
NoTime_SwordIsEnough
Article looks like AI-generated trash to me, as does all the author’s other ‘articles’.
TemperateStone
Not actually WoT being declared extremists. Just their Russian office that no longer has anything to do with them.
SpaceCowboyBisto
Tbf knowing how bad the game is nowadays pretty much the only good thing they have done
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Oh, so YouTuber advertisers are Russian assets too?
Those aren’t gonna replace your bombers, bro.
Wow… I’m guessing the devs didn’t bend to the government’s will or the government wants the profits from the game
but wargaming isn’t russian, do they mean lesta?
Edit: I read the article, yes, they refer to Lesta.
Will this affect the playerbase?
State Mandated War Thunder accounts soon?
Please, hoping someone will leak it for modded offline bot mode, including Gaijin War Thunder. Their game are too grindy.
Better than leaking real life military documents by their game forum.
This is an AI-written article isn’t it? The weak and pointless “Conclusion” reeks of it.
And there are people out there who think that Gaijin doesn’t toe the Kremlin’s line.
Let me guess the armata blueprint were leaked and it was printed on 🧻
Can’t they just call the whole world extremist and cut all the internet cables leading out of russia?
I thought this was the onion. Why does that happen so much these days.
desperate for tanks, any tanks
Bold move, let’s see how it works out
This is innie-cock behavior. Like your cock is so small it’s literally concave.
Reminder that business in Russia makes 0 sense if you are an in international company, you have no security there
Did the war thunder devs put them up to this lmao
So if Russia were to seize actual Russian made game titles (IL-2, Crossout, etc), does that render them open domain for the rest of the world?
Next major game update:
Explosive fpv drone swarms
Totally normal country behavior
Whats wierd is that there was a propaganda piece earlier in the war of some kid recruited to be a Tank Driver. I vaguely remember the article glazing the kid because he was a top world of tank players and I wondered what the hell that would mean as the war had shown how Ukranian drones were killing tanks so badly that it forced the Russian tanks hide under drone tents. Something that still happens and has made the life of any tank driver a living hell.
They should now nerf the Russians and make them more realistic by being the worst military
aww, putin mad.
I wonder when BSG will be targeted.
Time to play again apparently
Imagine if they did that just to get info on random tanks lol
Not enough Stalinium framed tanks it would seem.
and that’s why you don’t do business in a shit hole country like ruzzia
In 2023, Wargaming openly declared its support for Ukraine. Malik Khatazhaev, owner of “Lesta Games,” repeatedly stated he had no connection with Wargaming and openly supported the Russian army. However, in late April 2025, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office demanded the company be declared extremist.
>Support Russian army
>Be declared extremist by Russia
Is ISU 152 nerfed?
It was the tank exterior stickers of Arnie, Mila Jankovic and Jason Statham that finally drove Putin over the edge.
It was too extremely lame for even Russian state government to accept.
Tldr: The company was declared extremist because they had a loose association with a different company that supports Ukraine, even though they themselves support Russia.
It’s clear that the Russian government was simply looking for an excuse to nationalize it, to use its assets for the war efforts.
It’s interesting how the Russian government would punish its *own* if it found some way to benefit. I feel zero sympathy for world of tanks, but I *do* feel bad for Russians who hate the war, have no control/say in their government and are be persecuted like this.
Putin and his cronies would do both Russia and the world a favour if they simply, fucked off the face of the planet.
Anyone remembering the Minecraft incident? Anyone want to blow up Moscow?
Oh shit
meanwhile gaijin is proudly russian still, even hiring former MoD employees
Its always given me a chuckle that real world villians are such pathetic dipshits compared to anything made up in comics/tv/movies
Putin: “Now make tanks for us, like in your little game.”
Devs: “It doesn’t work like that…”
Putin: “Make. Tanks. For. Us.”
Article looks like AI-generated trash to me, as does all the author’s other ‘articles’.
Not actually WoT being declared extremists. Just their Russian office that no longer has anything to do with them.
Tbf knowing how bad the game is nowadays pretty much the only good thing they have done