Lawyer Olga Cheremnykh informed TASS that a Russian court may consider various virtual assets, such as skins (outfits) and character values, when dividing spouses' property.
Cheremnykh stated that it would be possible to "appraise the value of an account, for example, with a share paid to the second spouse." She clarified that this is possible if the account was formed using joint funds and if the marital agreement or property division agreement did not alter the joint ownership regime.
The lawyer noted that in such disputes, it is difficult to determine exactly which skins, items, and characters were on the account at the time of divorce. Additional difficulties arise in the process of collecting evidence and determining the value of these virtual assets.
However, it is noted that there have already been cases in judicial practice where the value of virtual assets was taken into account during property division, and one of the spouses was awarded compensation equal to half of their value.
According to analytical platforms, the total market capitalization of virtual skins for Counter-Strike 2 already exceeds 7.5 billion dollars.