Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday the country needs to develop its own computer games industry.
"We cannot always count on foreign games; there is always space for them on the Russian market," Dmitry Medvedev said at a session of the Commission on Modernization and Technological Development of Russia's Economy.
He added that one of the committee's future sessions would be devoted to discussing the development of the computer technology industry.
The Russian president visited on Thursday a factory of computers and computer games producer Craftway Corporation.
He was shown the computer game "Il-2 Fighter," which is set in World War II and features Russian combat aircraft.
"This is a good way to see the development of events at that time," Medvedev said, adding that nowadays teenagers are more interested in playing computer games than reading books.
OBNINSK (Moscow Region), April 29 (RIA Novosti)