EU’s proposed sanctions could throttle Russian gamers in controller ban

The European Union is preparing yet another round of sanctions against Russia, focusing on selling controllers, joysticks, and related video game equipment. Prohibiting the trade of these items with Russia is supposed to curb the country’s military and limit its capability to operate drones.

As reported by the Financial Times on Jan. 28, the EU has proposed a total ban on the sale of video game equipment to Russia, primarily in an attempt to cripple the country’s drones, which are often operated with standard video game controllers and joysticks. This comes as part of a broader ban on the sales of consoles to Russia since “apparently, these are the ones that they operate drones with,” the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said.

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