Virtus.pro have announced that they will be departing with their old CS lineup, which featured the likes of Ivan 'F_1N' Kochugov and Alexander 'Talisman' Talismanov, in order to acquire four former USSR players and Anton 'kibaken' Kolesnikov who previously resided in tao.

Virtus.pro is now:

Dmitri 'hooch' Bogdanov
Roman 'h4cker' Abramov
Vadim 'mice' Zimin
Anton 'kibaken' Kolesnikov
Mikhail 'evil' Garanin

Anton "Cyclone" Lapshenkov - team manager

kibaken is replacing the former fifth player of USSR, Alan 'Fly' Temirov, due to Fly joining the Russian army.

Furthermore, in the official announcement, Virtus.pro revealed that Alexey 'LeX' Kolesnikov will be helping to coach the new lineup, however he will be returning as a player in the near future.

Earlier this month, the new Virtus.pro lineup crashed out of the Intel Challenge Cup 8 after failing to secure a top two finish within their group, however the old Virtus.pro squad advanced to the second group-stage.

Source: virtuspro.org