K23’s active CS:GO roster has been reduced to three players as the organization has made the decision to move Bodgan “xsepower” Chernikov and Vladislav “FinigaN” Usov to the bench, making them both available for transfer.

Following a 2-3 campaign at the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) event earlier this month, K23 failed to qualify for the Major in Brazil. In the decisive match, the Russian squad faced the Germans from BIG and lost in overtime on the third map of the series. K23 also had already missed the PGL Antwerp Major earlier this year, and decided to bring in Konstantin “Raijin” Trubarov, Timur “clax” Sabirov, and FinigaN to the team.

23-year-old FinigaN only arrived to the team back in August, replacing former captain Sanzhar “neaLaN” Iskhakov who signed with Evil Geniuses, while xsepower was one of the roster’s longest-serving members, being a part of the team since October 2021 with Daniil “X5G7V” Maryshev.

Xsepower helped the CIS organization win several small events, such as the Funspark ULTI European Playoffs in December 2021, Pinnacle Winter Series in February 2022, and Thunderpick Bitcoin Series in March 2022, while FinigaN, on the other hand, didn’t stay long enough to help the team win any titles.

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The fast-growing CS:GO team Espada has allegedly released the Russian trio Vladislav "⁠FinigaN⁠" Usov, Dmitriy "⁠Dima⁠" Bandurka, and Dmitry "⁠S0tF1k⁠" Forostyanko. The three players will now become free agents and permitted to seek other teams and organizations.

The story was first reported by the former player Alexey "⁠OverDrive⁠" Birukov and thereafter confirmed by HLTV and their sources.

Espada have decided to keep their promising star Dmitry Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov and Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov, who therefore won’t be released from their contracts. Instead, the two youngsters will be placed on the transfer list, where other teams could bid on the dynamic duo.

degster could be a huge transfer success for Espada with the 19-year old being considered as one of the brightest stars on the CIS scene right now. The Russian youngster has helped Espada climbing the rankings through an immense individual 2020-season. The AWPER has dominated in several tournaments throughout the year, averaging a staggering 1.25 rating from start to end. 

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