Russian team Virtus.pro has been disqualified from the Rainbow Six Siege shooter tournament due to the nationality of the players. This was reported by telegram channel teams.
The report states that Ubisoft invited him to the Malta Cyber Series: VII qualifiers, and he even managed to play a match. Shortly after, Virtus.pro received a message that it was disqualified from the tournament. As it turned out, the reason for this lies in the national origin of the team’s players.
“Virtus.pro’s achievements and experience in the discipline, as well as its well-deserved position in the European league, do not allow us to ignore the clear manifestation of discrimination against players, and we immediately reported this to Ubisoft.” The statement said:
At its congress held on August 28, the International Esports Federation (IESF) voted to cancel the decision that Russian athletes cannot compete in international competitions under their own flag. 32 delegates voted to lift sanctions.
It was previously known that the Ukrainian tennis player caused denied Playing with Russian woman.