Mikhail “Dosia” Stolyarov and Rüstem “mou” Telepov, two Major winners from PGL Major Kraków 2017, are set to make their official return to competitive CS:GO after a lengthy break. The CIS duo have starred in a five-man mix since August – however, now they seem to have been formally contracted.
It’s the North American esports organization Forward Gaming that’s set to pick up Dosia and company, with the org publishing a video on Twitter where they are teasing the transfer.
We are preparing something special for you ?? pic.twitter.com/vMXOkZNLOp
— Forward Gaming (@Forward_csgo) October 20, 2022
Besides Dosia and mou, Forward is set to possess the Russian trio of Vladislav “xiELO” Lisov, Dmitriy ‘ProbLeM’ Martinov, and Nikita ‘JIaYm’ Panyushkin. The two latter players have previously represented HellRaisers while xiELO is more of an unknown quantity being only 16 years old.
If confirmed, Forward could field the following lineup.
{cflag:RU} Mikhail “Dosia” Stolyarov
{cflag:KZ} Rüstem “mou” Telepov
{cflag:RU} Vladislav “xiELO” Lisov
{cflag:RU} Dmitriy ‘ProbLeM’ Martinov
{cflag:RU} Nikita ‘JIaYm’ Panyushkin
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