Press Ministry Requests $17M for 1C's Patriotic Computer Game

[Novotny]

Perhaps Oleg is running out of money; perhaps they want the West to better understand Russia's involvement in the 2nd World War. Perhaps both?

Either way, I hope they are successful. regardless of your politics, Russia has not been given it's due appreciation for stopping Nazi Germany.

edit:: Ooh, I realise how contentious this is going to become. Let me say frankly: without Russia fighting Nazi Germany, I would most likely be speaking German now. Whether or not I agree with current or past politics, I am grateful to those Russians who fought Hitler, and kept fighting him, allowing a second front to develop.

So, basically, I think the world should recognise this effort a little bit more. Whatever political feeling you may have, no-one wanted the Nazis. And Russia suffered most opposing them. This reduced the burden on other countries, allowing them more ability to attack, as opposed to merely defending, as they were doing before. Russia absorbed the Nazi war-machine.

Again: no politics: simply put, Russia suffered and endured so much in defeating the Nazis, but you'd think that my nation and a few others were the only ones that put some effort in, if you listened to the media.

[AndyJWest]

I'd rather see another report on this, or even better a response from 1C:Maddox, before commenting. It is not entirely clear who exactly is proposing what, and I wonder if a journalist has been using a bit of poetic license here.

As for 'the falsification of history' I've no doubt that IL-2 has already done something to counteract that.

[csThor]

The only problem I see with this development is that modern Russia itself is not making any effort to go over its archives and throw out the most obvious Stalinist distortions or at least mark them as such. That's a pity.

So it remains to be seen what this "patriotism" thing will be about and how it'll be represented.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Interesting, and certainly a great strategy.

Why on Earth will children read some stupid school book when they can experience and see it themselves? How were the battles, how the planes performed, the tactics and everything else. For sure it'll raise interest in history among the younger folks, which is something needed to every country.

And csThor, it's quite obvious that it's being looked at - just look at the Katyn incident, for instance.

[csThor]

No, not that. I mean the actual depiction and recordings of the WW2 combat operations. I vividly remember a TV documentation made by a german camera team in advance of the 60-year anniversary of the end of WW2 in Europe in 2005. They interviewed a lot of people, among them a retired Colonel who had been part of a team of Red Army historians who'd gone over the records for a new "definite" work on the Battle of Kursk in the 1980s and this Colonel complained that modern Russia apparently did not want to honor its veterans by producing an accurate picture of the war's events. He said that he'd offered his services since he knew that the numbers and events recorded were often made up on behalf of Stalin and did not reflect what really happened but he was told to STFU in no uncertain terms. At that time a certain Vladimir Putin was residing in the Kreml ... so the question about what this "patriotic thing" means is very much justified.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by csThor

The only problem I see with this development is that modern Russia itself is not making any effort to go over its archives and throw out the most obvious Stalinist distortions or at least mark them as such. That's a pity.

So it remains to be seen what this "patriotism" thing will be about and how it'll be represented.

That's not entirely true. In the past weeks a lot of things have changed concerning this specific topic. It seems that Polands tragic loss in the end has at least started a change e.g. in regarding things that happened on the eastern front. Documents are opened and reports released to the public, discussions are started.
Looking at what IL2 has done for the interest in the eastern front, I have no doubt that historic missions and contents in SoW can serve as an ambassador for more than that.

In either case, the petition is just.

On a personal note: I loved this part:
The project is now being finalized