Ten representatives of russian esports, including NS and Pure, were included in the list of russian athletes who are agents of putin's influence. This became known from the War & Sanctions portal, where the Main Directorate of Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports publish athletes from russia who support the russian war against Ukraine.
The full list of russian esports representatives who made the list
- NS (He publicly criticized the organizers of the Gamers Galaxy: Dota 2 Invitational Series Dubai 2022 for their requirement for the russian team to play without reference to a specific club and country and called such restrictions incitement to hatred between countries and peoples.)
- Pure (In April 2022, during a match at the DPC EEU 2021/22 Tour 2: Playoffs, he drew the letter "Z" on the mini-map of the Dota 2 game interface. As a result of the demonstration of the symbols of the russian invasion of Ukraine, the Virtus.pro team was disqualified from the tournament, and Moskalenko was expelled from the team due to the threat of reputational risks.)
- KingR (In 2022, during a stream of the Dota 2 World Championship The International 11, together with another russian player Nongrata, he created the "Z" symbol in the game interface role selection menu. As a result of demonstrating the symbols of the russian invasion of Ukraine, both russian commentators were suspended from further participation in the russian-language broadcast of the championship.)
- Nongrata (In 2022, during a stream of the Dota 2 World Championship The International 11, together with another russian player KingR, he created the "Z" symbol in the game interface role selection menu. As a result of demonstrating the symbols of the russian invasion of Ukraine, both russian commentators were suspended from further participation in the russian-language broadcast of the championship. In 2023, during a personal broadcast on Twitch, he stated that he supported his country.)
- SMITH Dmitry (responsibilities include strategic management of the russian Federation of Computer Sports (FCS)
- ANTONYAN Emin (Member of the Board of the International Esports Federation (IESF)
- BELIKOV Vitaly (Head of the Luhansk republican branch of the Federation of Computer Sports (FCS)
- VOLKOV Alexander (The regional branch of the russian Federation of Computer Sports in the so-called "DPR" (FCS DPR)
- ZYRYANOV Sergey (Head of the Crimean Republican Branch of the Computer Sports Federation (CSF)
- IVANOV Oleg (Manages the activities of the Federation of Computer Sports (FCS) in the temporarily occupied Kherson region)