Russia, the country that brought us Tetris, is looking at creating its own video game industry, which will include the development of consoles, Ednews reports via pcmag.

During a socio-economic meeting this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to consider the matter, according to local media reports. The government edict specifically calls for Russia to look at producing both “stationary and portable game consoles,” along with an OS and cloud system for delivering games to customers. 

Putin floated the order when all the major video game makers—including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo—have halted official sales to Russia, following the country's invasion of Ukraine. Despite the ban, local Russian vendors are still finding ways to import foreign video game consoles. But it looks like the Kremlin sees an opportunity to create its own domestic video game industry amid the harsh economic sanctions from the West.  

Putin has given the government until June 15 to study the ambitious proposal. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will oversee the effort. But it’s clear the undertaking won’t be easy. Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that Putin has likely entrusted the Russian technology company VK to carry out the plan. Nevertheless, the newspaper adds: “Market participants say that there is no competence to produce their own PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and creating such a system from scratch will take up to ten years.”