Due to Conflict, Natus Vincere Releases Player from Russia
Recently, the organization esports Ukrainian origin Natus Vincere (NaVi) released players from Russia as a form of support for the Ukrainian state. Yevhen Zolotarov as CEO of NaVi has made an official statement regarding the future of this team.
We (NaVi) will not work with people who live in Russia and who pay taxes to the Russian Federation.”
This decision is certainly none other than the war that is currently engulfing Ukraine and Russia. In session interview with Washington PostYevhen said that the situation esports in the CIS area (Commonwealth of Independent States, countries that were independent from the Soviet Union-ed) were unstable because of the war.
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Since there is no certainty about when this war will end, he can’t predict when NaVi will be able to compete again. Then, Yevhen also revealed there are some roster domiciled in Russia that Navi will release, such as Dota 2 roster.
NaVi star player, Oleksandr”s1mple”Kostylievcomment on the future CS:GO roster to the NaVi organization. “I don’t think there will be (change) roster). I think it will be fine, I hope it will be fine.”
NaVi took a firm stance after the massive attack launched by the Russian side. NaVi’s CEO said that they will not work with anyone who lives in Russia and pays taxes to the Russian government.
Following this, the Ukrainian organization has released all Russian players who were part of its academy team (NaVi Junior) and development program CS:GO for up-and-coming young talents (NaVi Youth).
Another reason is that there is no clarity regarding the existing DPC tournaments in the region. The CEO also confirmed that most of the player who were in Russia agreed to relocate, allowing them to play again with NaVi .
Information regarding this change was announced by Yana Diachenko during an interview with several NaVi Junior players, following the organization’s official statement about saying goodbye to Russian players. The released players are:
- Vladislav “latt1kk” Vydrin – NaVi Junior
- Dmitry “fe2nk” Gladskikh – NaVi Junior
- Vladislav “xiELO-“ Lysov – NaVi Youth
NAVI Junior coach Amiran “ami” Rekhviashvili, continued his statement that, “Our doors are always open to talented young players from our region, regardless of nationality, or political views. To me, just playing skills games and humans. Quality is always substance. There is a belief that esports stay out of politics – yes, it is, but esports cannot escape war.”
How about the continuation of roster NaVi in the future?
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