Moscow, April 25 – RIA Novosti – Representatives of Lesta Games have filed an appeal against a court ruling that imposed a seizure on the company’s assets, as well as on those of affiliated legal entities, according to a copy of the appeal obtained by RIA Novosti.
One of the justifications for this action appears to be Wargaming’s post-invasion support for Ukraine—most notably, an in-game campaign aimed at raising money for ambulances. Although Lesta Games had no involvement in this initiative, it is reportedly being presented as evidence that the profitable company does not back Russia, potentially laying the groundwork for the state to seize its assets.
The document states that a private appeal was submitted against the decision of Moscow’s Tagansky District Court, which imposed the asset seizure as a provisional measure. The ruling froze 100% of the shares of the defendants within the group of companies. In practice, the entire business has been seized, and a special restrictive regime has been introduced for the management and operations of the Lesta Group, the complaint emphasizes.
The company’s leadership argues that the imposed measures are excessive and detrimental to its operations.
According to the complaint, Lesta Games is actively involved in projects related to the upcoming celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. These include the production of a unique virtual Victory Parade on Red Square within the game World of Tanks—a first in the global esports industry—along with the Channel One Cup: World of Tanks, the first esports tournament broadcast on Russian federal television. The company is also organizing an international esports tournament for the Russian game World of Tanks as part of Victory Day celebrations in Belarus, featuring reenactments of tank battles against Nazi Germany.
Earlier, documents from the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) revealed that enforcement proceedings had been initiated to seize the assets of legal entities connected to the Russian video game developer.
Lesta Games (formerly Lesta Studio) is a Russian company specializing in video game development. Its portfolio includes World of Tanks, World of Warships, Tanks Blitz, and Royal Quest.
Politics ruin everything. I just want to play a game.
Tried to work for Russia? Here’s what you get. They will NEVER learn, LOL.
Exactly, they should keep their political nonsense out of games.
then we people on comments promoting Lesta illegal activity this included illegaly funded developmental process and these same 2 people Udes Enjoyer and Mezfi mentally challenged kids.
you are so incredibly retarded it should be studied
The guy’s swearing like a madman, perfect reflection of his educational status. Which doesn’t exist. I guess this is what gives birth when you have a female engaged in a sexual intercourse with a dog.
Sounds like someone should tone down the toxicity. I can already imagine the type of parents that raised someone like you lol.
Please dont get married or have kids, this world does not need anymore kids to inherit your level of toxicity.
commenting with 3 diff nicknames is truly diabolical
Imagine not supporting your own country but Ukrine lol, seize those asset. its funny how every proxy warfare that the US starts end up having the US controling all of the proxy state’s mineral resources. Like those aren’t the target to begin with. Maybe its time to invade Iran, weapons of mass destruction is a perfect excuse.
Thing is that they did. Serb B got fired from the board for supporting Russia. Why? Because WG at that point was still a multinational company vs just Belarusian or Russian. They had a Ukrainian studio “Mirny” being bombed, and their Paris studio was the one that took initiative for the fund raisers.
That Lesta did not do it the other way when they left is a different matter. Tho I suspect this would happen regardless. As Gazprom and Putin’s own Vodka company are major shareholders in most big game Studios, inc those that made Atomic Heart, Tarkov, and my.com, or AW. But not Lesta. But now they will be
You still don’t get it. It’s all the same company. Lesta was used as a branch to keep WG operating in Russia due to financial restrictions. Yes they have different staff and locations but it’s all still WG.
Mir didn’t fully split until September 2023.
So Russia going after WG is quite expected.
its not same company and comment is misleading
They are clearly split while they still have similar tanks in the achieves. Nothing special
can you shut the fuck up?
like honestly?
you are a clueless fucking retarded dog who parrots the same stupid shit with one of the worst english on this whole fucking site
These data shed very interesting light on the entire problem and help us understand everything in a much more comprehensive way. What is clear is that the “separation” of WG into two companies was precisely in an effort to prevent an operation like this by the government; there were surely already precedents of attempted asset purchases by a company linked to a renowned political figure. I think the rest can be deduced by reading between the lines…
aw is no longer owned by mycom but the devs of aw themselves now..
no way in a country like russia, something like this can happen.
a country where even if your kids draws something negative about the 3 day special operation, you as a parent get arrested lmao
surely the russian people can do nothing about this, whats a 100 million people vs a government
Tsar Nicholas II agrees.
what’s next? the EU Commission celebrating the anniversary of Operation Barbarossa in June?
I miss the times when politics wasn’t full of warmongers and degenerates.
P.O.E.
Only bad people we talking here is Russia but seem like few people on comments supporting Putin War
Pro-ruzzians being scammed and wiped out by Ruzzia.
Some things never change.
So to put some sense to all of this – recently, Lesta shared light on how they separated from Wargaming, but still worked together until around mid of 2023 because the could not have made Mir Tankov otherwise- just like WG could not have continued WoWS.
It can be assumed that this clarification (we did NOT completely seperate immediately but worked together a little longer) was the reason for this op. After all they worked together with “the enemy” (Wargaming, who did have some fundraisers and did have their workers in kyiv, so it is quite understandable)
They vut ties for long now, but not long enough for the russian state. So, assets are tehirs now, leadership gone. What happens to employees of lesta remains to be seen. Im sure they will all be qustioned about their loyalty…Event though lesta did their best with recent propaganda events…
Question no wis: (How) will mir tankov still develop? will the servers remain active after the government seizure? and in which way. it remains interesting, and very very sad.
WG was a great conglomerate inc Lesta before. Now we have had 2 different WoTs for some time- I hope it will not be longer as all invests into mir tankov would now fund the russian state,who still wants to take country from ints neighbors by force.
Try learning your history. Russia didn’t take that land. It was always Russian and never belonged to Ukraine.
But of course you ignore the truth to justify your false belief.
i know my history well. The land belonged to the osmanic empire much longer tahn it belonge dto “Russia” or ist redecessors. So Russia just invades to give it back to turkey? sure thing. Maybe learn something about international law and order afte rthe last catastrophic war spanning the world.
And shit happens….🤷🏼♀️
Are you retarded? Russia was small area in area where moscow is today, and since then (1300-1400), russia has done what russians always do – pillaging, annexing and conquering areas which belong to others.
Im sure that your history books tell otherwise, but seriously you should use your brains and question what you are being fed. If they throw dogshit in front of you and tell you to eat it, do you just obediently stuff it into your mouth like good russian usually does?
meh
Good – individuals like Victor made a fortune from Russia and Belarus. And when shit hits the fan, he abandons his home countries.
hoes that? they left russia long ago and went to cyprus for tax reasosn. and when “their” country bombards their actual workers and offices, I would say thats a good reason to cut ties 😀
It’s impressive to see Lesta Games honoring the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War through innovative projects like the virtual Victory Parade in World of Tanks. This blend of history and esports not only engages fans but also educates them about significant events. It reminds me of playing Drift Boss —navigating challenges while honoring the past, just like how these tournaments bring history to life in a modern format!