OREANDA-NEWS  Telegram-the Hamster Kombat game, the essence of which is to click on a hamster to get virtual coins - their organizers promise to convert them to cryptocurrency someday - should be banned in Russia, chairman of the State Duma Committee on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov told the Parliamentary Newspaper.

"Such things must be stopped. In my opinion, this is clearly a scam. Manipulation and use of the psychology of citizens. Especially those who do not really want to work, but dream that they can play with a minimum of effort and get rich," Aksakov stressed.

According to the Parliamentary Newspaper, the deputy drew attention to additional tasks that allow players to earn more virtual coins. For example, for watching "Hamster News" on YouTube, which reviews investment trends, players receive one hundred thousand "hamsters" at once. Aksakov is worried about the dynamics of their views. The latest video has gained more than 5 million views in 22 hours.

He called such a picture "almost a psychosis." "Unfortunately, the phenomenon of the masses' exposure to external influence has been observed in our country recently and sometimes leads to extremely negative consequences. People are gullible, people are easily manipulated and other cunning moves. Sometimes all this even comes almost to Internet addiction," Aksakov told the publication.