To help his country, which is suffering from the invasion of Russia, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine has called on video game publishers. He hopes that by blocking the accounts of Russian and Belarusian players, they will put pressure on their governments.
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The least that can be said is that the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine knows how to use Twitter to obtain the cooperation of large Western companies. After having succeeded in having Starlink hardware to maintain Internet access, as well as stopping the sale of products Apple in RussiaMykhailo Fedorov, who is also the Minister of Digital Transformation, challenges video game publishers.
The goal here is clearly to put the pressure on the Russian civilian population to oppose the war. In an open letter to all game development companies and esports platforms “, Mykhailo Fedorov affirms that” in 2022, modern technology may be the best answer to tanksmultiple rocket launchers (hrad) and missile “.
You are definitely aware of what is happening in Ukraine right now. Russia declares war not for Ukraine but for all civilized world. If you support human values, you should live the Russian market! pic.twitter.com/tnQr13BsSv
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 2, 2022
Deprive Russians of video games to put pressure on Putin
He continues his letter by asking them to ” temporarily block all Russian and Belarusian accounts, to stop the participation of Russian and Belarusian teams and players in all international e-sports events and to cancel all international events held in the territory of Russia or Belarus “.
Mykhailo Fedorov posted his letter on Twitter and took the opportunity to directly challenge the official accounts @Xbox and @PlayStation by throwing at them ” if you support human values, you must leave the Russian market “. In another tweethe asked video game publishers Riot Games, EA, Ubisoft, Gameloft, and Wargaming to close their offices in Russia. It remains to be seen whether this request will be followed up.
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