GTA gang GTA gang The "GTA Gang" (Russian: банда ГТА; "Banda GTA") is the nickname given to a violent gang of murderers and terrorists located near Moscow, Russia that robbed and murdered occupants of automobiles traveling on the Federal Automobile Road M-4 after stopping them using homemade caltrops. The Russian media dubbed them the "GTA gang" because of the similarity between their violent robberies and the actions of characters in the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series. Formed in March 2012 by Ibaydullo Subkhanov to train soldiers for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the gang was ultimately apprehended
Video gaming in Russia Video gaming in Russia Video gaming in Russia is one of the world's largest markets and was expected to be one of the biggest by 2015. One of the greatest issues with the Russian video games industry is piracy. Russia has officially recognized competitive video gaming (known as “eSports,” or “computer sports” in Russian) as a sport. History of mass videogaming in Russia (back then USSR) takes its roots in the early 1980s when personal computers of different models (Atari 400/800, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum 48/128) were brought to the country from United States, Europe, Japan and China. At the