Russian gaming guru enters politics, but is he playing for the Kremlin?


World Of Tanks online game co-creator Vyacheslav Makarov launching his political party – the Direct Democracy Party – in Moscow on March 5. — AFP

MOSCOW: Before Vyacheslav Makarov announced in January he was leaving gaming, few could have expected the man who helped create the mega-hit World Of Tanks wanted a career in Russian politics.

Yet on the sidelines of a digital technologies conference in Moscow on March 5, the 40-year-old online gaming legend launched his latest creation: the Direct Democracy party.

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