A bill titled "On the Activities of Developing and Distributing Video Games in the Territory of the Russian Federation" was officially submitted to the State Duma

We wrote in detail about the bill in the morning, but now let's note that the published final version in its main part does not differ from the one that the editorial staff received the day before. However, there is a nuance.

The document now includes an explanatory note. Let's briefly go over what is newly reported in it.

According to the explanatory note, the adoption of the bill "will promote the goal of ensuring the psychological safety of citizens from the negative impact of video games."

It explicitly states that the purpose of the bill is the establishment of restrictions on the development and distribution of video games to protect the morality, rights, and lawful interests of Russian citizens.

In conclusion, the note mentions that the adoption of the bill:

• will not have negative consequences for business entities;
• will not require additional budget allocations;
• will not affect the revenues or expenses of the budgets of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation;
• will not impact the achievement of the goals of the state programs of the Russian Federation.