Tetris was invented in the USSR.
What happened to the royalties?

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Creator Alexey Pajitnov earned nothing for a decade — the Soviet government owned it. He got royalties only after 1996. — The game earned billions for the state. Pajitnov moved to the US and finally profited when copyright reverted to him. Cold War capitalism’s strangest sale.

Tetris was invented in the USSR. What happened to the royalties?