Kremlin hails Roblox’s decision to comply with Russian law after ban on gaming platform lifted

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov hailed Roblox’s decision to comply with Russian legislation on Thursday morning, after access to the popular gaming platform was restored in Russia on Wednesday.

Speaking at a daily press conference in the Kremlin, Peskov told reporters that the “example of Roblox clearly shows that all services can return [to Russia] if they comply with the law”, referring to other banned platforms such as Telegram, Youtube and Facebook.

On Wednesday, Russia’s Digital Development Ministry announced that the ban on Roblox had been lifted as the platform had “fully complied with Russian legislation to ensure user safety.”

“The company has implemented a comprehensive set of measures to further protect children, including launching a mechanism to restrict access to games by age group”, the ministry’s statement continued, adding that Roblox had also committed to “further combating the spread of inappropriate content on the platform.”

The platform, which is most popular among children and was previously the second-most downloaded app in the Russian app store, was banned in December after authorities accused the platform of hosting “LGBT propaganda” and content “promoting and justifying extremist and terrorist activity”.

In April, a court in Moscow fined the company a total of 8 million rubles (€90,700) under Russia’s “LGBT propaganda” law, following a complaint from Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor. The fines related to two instances of “positive assessment of non-traditional values” on the platform in September 2025.

The ban led to a flood of complaints from school-age children in Russia. Yekaterina Mizulina, a pro-Kremlin politician who campaigns for internet censorship, said at the time that she had received 63,000 letters from children aged 8–16 after the ban was implemented, half of which expressed a desire to leave Russia.

Roblox has come under fire from several other government watchdogs, including Australia’s Minister of Communications, for broader flaws in its child safety policies. In April, the platform introduced a new AI-powered system to estimate young users’ ages and restrict full access to the platform for anyone under 16.