Dota 2 community waits for Valve to react after Virtus.pro carry player competing with the team in the Eastern Europe Dota Pro Circuit under the Outsiders tag drew the Z symbol on the minimap.
Ivan Pure Moskalenko drew thepro-Russian war symboland then tried to cover it up, later on issuing a statement saying that he did it while team was talking during a pause.
No apology was issued, as the Z letter came out as an accident and that he didnt mean to offend anyone.
Beyond the Summit, who are the EEU DPC organizers, have already contacted Valve regarding the issue and are currently discussing how to proceed.
Since mid-March, the letter Z became asymbolused in Russian propaganda and by Russian civilians to show support of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Over the past month, since Russia started the invasion of Ukraine, all esports organizations that have ties with the Russian government fell under the EU sanctions applied to the Kremlin regime.
Virtus.pro is one of the orgs banned from playing in most of the esports tournaments, however, their players have been allowed to compete under a neutral tag.
Eastern Europe DPC Spring Tour league season was indefinitely suspended by Valve when Russia started the war in Ukraine, but as we draw closer to the Major, a solution was found for the teams to be able to play for a shot at making it to the major and earn the Spring Tour DPC points that would help them qualify for The International 11.
