The Russian Communications ministry and...

The Kremlin views encouraging patriotism and preventing attempts to distort history, especially about World War Two, as a key element in its efforts to consolidate the nation.

The Communication Ministry and the 1C company have presented a project concerning six flight simulator games that they say are helping to improve Russia"s international hi-tech image and increase patriotism among teenagers.

Vedomosti daily quoted 1C CEO Boris Nuraliev as saying he had already demonstrated a flight simulator game to President Dmitry Medvedev.

The project"s cost is estimated at around 720 million rubles ($24 million), Vedomosti daily quoted Communication Ministry"s statement as saying. The Ministry has asked the government to allocate 500 million rubles. 1C is ready to spend 200 million rubles, and another 20 million rubles will come from the government of Russia"s Khanty-Mansiysk region.

1C software company is widely known in Russia for its bestselling game - a fight

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