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Nervous about Putin? Mobile game publisher Game Insight leaves Russia for Lithuania

Game Insight, a mobile game publisher that grew up in Moscow, has jumped ship and moved its headquarters to Vilnius, Lithuania.

It might seem like a logical move, considering the potential for disruption of business in Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a result of the Ukraine crisis. But Game Insight isn’t saying that it is leaving Russia for that reason. And, of course, it would be very wise to keep any such opinion to itself.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.