Russian CSGO organizations, Virtus.pro and Gambit have been removed from the ESL games. The organizers compromised

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Due to the situation in Ukraine, Virtus.pro and Gambit were excluded from the ESL games. The organizers made a compromise.


The situation in Ukraine has caused a number of decisions all over the world. These also apply to electronic sports and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

The ESL is one of the most popular competition organizers in the world and has made the decision to exclude Russian teams from the Pro League that have “visible ties to the Russian government”. However, they decided to make a compromise.

The Russian players themselves will not be excluded from the tournament

ESL issued a statement in which it informs about its activities to support Ukraine and people who were affected by the war. It was also written about the decisions that will cover the upcoming ESL Pro League:

The organizers, however, decided to make a compromise, noting that the players themselves are not “complicit in this situation”:

In addition, all scheduled tournaments in the CIS region have been put on hold out of “respect for the situation”. At the moment it is difficult to say whether the players from VP and Gambit will actually decide to play under a neutral brand and without flags. It depends on their own will and the agreement they have with their organizations.

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