Aurora and 9 Pandas swap players

Esports organizations Aurora and 9 Pandas announced changes to their Counter-Strike 2 rosters ahead of the qualifiers for RMRs.

The clubs swapped players: Timur "clax" Sabirov joined Aurora, while Evgeny "r3salt" Frolov went to 9 Pandas. Sabirov has represented 9 Pandas since April of last year, while Frolov has competed for Aurora since April of 2024.

Aurora's Aleksandr "KENSI" Gurkin commented on the departure of his former teammate: "We will be getting to the Major without rats in the roster who have been trying [to depart] behind our backs for a long time".

Note that 9 Pandas will compete in the closed qualifier for the Europe RMR. Aurora, in turn, received a direct invite to RMR.

 9 Pandas are now:

 Daniil "d1Ledez" Kustov
 Artyom "iDISBALANCE" Egorov
 Aleksandr "glowiing" Matsiyevich
 Aleksandr "shalfey" Marenov
 Evgeny "⁠r3salt⁠" Frolov

 Artem "Fierce" Ivanov (coach)

 Aurora are now:

 Viktor "⁠Lack1⁠" Boldyrev
 Evgeny "⁠Norwi⁠" Ermolin
 Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin
 Denis "⁠deko⁠" Zhukov
 Timur "clax" Sabirov

 Stepan "brain" Sivoronov (coach)

Origin: t.me