According to drawing slat: Treaty of Russian Dota

The Russian Dota 2-Esportler Ivan 'Pure' Moscale and his team Virtus.Pro were excluded by a qualification tournament. Moskalenko drawn the "Z" symbol on the mini card during a game against Mind Games organization.

This is considered a sign of support for the invasion of Ukraine. Since this letter does not exist in the Cyrillic Alphabet, its meaning was unclear for a long time. In the meantime, the Russian Ministry of Defense clarified by Instagram. He stands for "Za Pobedu" - translated "on the victory".

Moskalenko described that there was no intention behind his drawing: "There was a long break in the game, the boys and I talked and drew on the minimap. When we realized what exactly my drawing was, we tried to cover them up. I. Didn't want to insult anyone, everything happened accidentally. "

"Each action has consequences"

Virtus.Pro started in a tournament under the name Outsiders to qualify for the ESL One Stockholm Major. After the incident, the team was disqualified by the organizers "Beyond the Summit".

Virtus.pro then reacted to the incident and released the contract with Moscale. "Every action has consequences," says the official message on Twitter, "whether on purpose or not."

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