Virtus.pro general manager Sergey Glamazda commented on the club’s problems in the current geopolitical situation. He says that the organization is fixing its financial issues and commented on its political stance. He mentioned that the club has no censorship and hinted at his Ukrainian roots.
If you followed Virtus.pro, then you saw how our players made posts and expressed everything they wanted.
The current problem is that you seem to be obliged to make a statement. And if you don’t, then you are an enemy of the people and the like. I believe that it is anyone’s personal right to speak out or not. We have no restrictions, and those who wanted to speak did just that. Those who did not want to — it’s their own business. So I don't even know why everyone pays such attention to it. We have freedom of speech in VP. My passport and everything else [the examples above] prove that we have no restrictions.
We are in talks with publishers and TOs. During the first 2-3 weeks the talks were quite emotional. Every time we met someone, we heard: "Oh, you are from Russia, you engage in certain aggressive actions". Now, the conversations are simpler. We get certain documents that say that people would work with us, but they cannot make payments for specific reasons. If we can solve these issues, they will welcome us at their events under the Virtus.pro tag and continue the financial relationships like before. <...>
Our main task is to play video games and make fans happy. And our sponsors need a platform to advertise their products. We have a plan for that too, even tho we cannot play in some tournaments with our logo.
We are currently looking for an analyst for the team. There are several things we need to decide. The team's recent performance in D2CL revealed some weaknesses. If we will not like the performance in DPC, we will also make some decisions. <...> I know all the problems and share the pain of the fans. My task is to make you proud of the squad and happy with victories. There's no point in playing if you can't win.
Glamazda was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and studied at a university in Kyiv, although his citizenship is described as Russian in most sources. Some VP players, like CS:GO team captain Dzhami "Jame" Ali expressed their position on the military actions in Ukraine, calling for peace. This is the second part of Glamazda's interview, which became his first public statement after a long period of silence.