The Russian organization Moscow Five will no longer sponsor their Russian squad, after the five players refused to participate in the offline finals of Synergy League. The roster will continue to participate in tournaments under a new name, while M5 will be represented by their international team.

It has been about three months since the resurrection of Moscow Five's DotA2 division, and it seems that the original roster is no longer part of the organization. When Moscow Five announced the formation of a second roster under the leadership of Vladimir 'PGG' Anosov, questions were raised about the integrity of the original Russian squad. Today, the grimmest rumors were confirmed, and the organization announced the ouster of Vladislav 'Blowyourbrain' Morozyuk and his teammates. 

In the official post by Moscow Five, it was clearly stated that the disbandment followed the departure ofRenat 'KingR' Abdullin. In his statement, KingR mentioned that his teammates had no motivation to practice for their official matches as they were unimportant, and they even refused to go to Synergy League's LAN finals because they had little chance of winning. The player could not handle the attitude, and decided to depart the squad.

With KingR leaving the team only six days before the team's trip to Barnaul, Russia, the organization was aggravated. The team's manager Maxim 'nirvana_sf' Zalilov stated that this is the first time in his career that he witnesses such unwillingness and lack of motivation. It is still unclear whether the team will attempt to recreate the Russian roster or just focus on M5.int. What is certain is that the five Russian players are no longer affiliated with Moscow Five, but they will keep joining tournaments independently until they find a new sponsor.