It could be a smoking gun, but that depends on where you get your keys from.
It will be the best to check with any restrictions listed on each game, if any is displayed.
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In this case I would buy it directly on Steam, and gift it through Steam. I always check SteamDB in these cases before doing a giveaway (because of the +10% rule, Swiss Franc seems always above that.. from Germany btw :P) ...
anyway, I know sites like Fanatical have restriction lists, but directly buying on Steam I think there are not such infos.
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Since it's a gift via Steam, no you can't send it, as it's not sold in that country.
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The info is quite wrong. I have done that many times.
I have gifted games to myseff and had my Steam friends gift games to me. I'm talking about games not purchasable in Russia.
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Sorry for the misinformation.
I thought that since selling is not allowed there, gifting is also not allowed. If it can be bypassed so easily, I can't see why the initial restriction exists though...
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No problem! We all make mistakes.
Well, the restriction makes it more difficult for us Russians to buy those games, does it not?
After you know what broke out some publishers chose to put really draconian restrictions which cannot be circumvented, while others left a loophole or two
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Seems believable! Thanks, think there is no need to exclude Russia in such giveaways then. Until someone profes otherwise again. =P
EDIT nah, seems very believable. :)
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there are cases like this
https://steamdb.info/sub/451121/info/
which means the game cannot be gifted, nor can it be activated in Russia by redeeming a Steam key
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If you are in doubt whether you can give something as a gift in this region, use the “plati” website (if there is ru in the product name, it means you can give). This information is also posted on SteamDB.
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Sorry for the strange question, but what is this "plati" website?
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plati market
There's a whole category with gifts for each game. And in the title they often indicate that it can be given to a ru account
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This one? https://plati.market/games/fallout-4/543/
Where can I see the ru?
EDIT: Ah, ok!
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Steam Gift and look by title
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For example: https://steamdb.info/app/377160/
Fallout 4, but there is no price shown for Russian Ruble (at the bottom, it says N/A instead).
Does it mean I cannot gift Fallout 4 to countries with Russian Ruble (through Steam gift)?
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