Esports in Kolyma: One of the first cyber arenas in the Far East has opened at the Presidential Sports Complex in Magadan.

Here we have “the fastest internet available in the region,” 22 computers, virtual reality headsets and PlayStation 5 consoles (even though after the invasion began RF в Ukraine Sony has stopped supplying its consoles, game discs, and service support in Russia.

Classes and competitions will be held in three areas: computer sports, sports programming, and phygital sports (a combination of dynamic sports with computer games and technology). 

In 2023, Putin will speak at the Eastern Economic Forum. asked Pay attention to and support eSports. The head of the Russian Computer Sports Federation Dmitry Smith stated that he would make every effort “to justify the president’s trust.”  

In February in Kazan took place The first international "Games of the Future," combining classical and digital sports, was held. Putin attended the opening ceremony. The tournament was declared Russia's "gift" to the "global sports family." 

Polls among Russians showed that half of those surveyed do not understand, what is the government's purpose in developing esports? Among the most common responses were, for example, "state control," "keeping pace with other countries," and "distracting attention from problems within the country." 

And the initiators of the "Games of the Future" statedthat with their help, “our country will gain an additional lever of strategic influence on the development of all humanity.”