Ukraine calls on gaming industry to suspend business with Russia

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Ukraine's government is calling on the gaming industry to suspend business with Russia — an attempt to rally Russian opposition to their country's invasion of Ukraine.

. It was issued in a letter published online this morning by Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation."to temporarily block all Russian and Belorussian accounts, temporarily stop the participation of Russian and Belorussian teams and gamers in all international esports events and cancel all international events holding on the territory of Russia and Belarus.

"We are sure that such actions will motivate the citizens of Russia to proactively stop the disgraceful military aggression."Reps for both platforms did not immediately comment. Xbox parent Microsoft has been assisting Ukraine's

 

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