The Ministry of Finance has prepared a set of measures for the development of the domestic gaming industry

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has developed a package of initiatives aimed at stimulating the production of computer games. This was announced on March 27 by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev.

"The Ministry of Finance of Russia has prepared a set of measures for the development of the Russian computer games industry. The key task is to create a special regime for game developers to apply existing benefits for the IT industry, which would take into account the existing features of their licensing," the minister said.

Shadaev stressed that to ensure the acceptance of payments from foreign players, developers often register intellectual property rights to foreign legal entities. The new initiative will allow such products to be included in the registry of domestic software, subject to certain conditions.

"It is proposed to provide such developers with the opportunity to include such games in the Russian software registry, if for Russian users these games will be supported and hosted on the IT infrastructure within the country," - said the head of the Ministry of Finance.

Registration in the list of Russian software will give companies the right to VAT exemption. In addition, the package of measures provides for support for the creation of new projects, easier export procedures and tools for promoting Russian games on the global market.

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Anton Vasiliev, director of Hexlet IT College, told Izvestia in November last year that interest in gaming technologies continues to grow in Russia and video games are becoming not just entertainment, but a full-fledged resource for education and future profession.

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