Recently, in the WoT community there were speculations that the IS-7 has an increased XP coeficient. As an example, several battles were made, where the player in the IS-7, doing practically nothing, gained more experience than more active vehicles in combat. Immediately there was speculation that WG specifically favors Soviet tanks in the game, giving the IS-7 as the biggest proof.
Afterwards, the official response came from Kandly:
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Links to forum talks on the subject: 1, 2, 3