Moscow Five

Moscow Five (M5)

Location	Headquartered in Russia
Founded	2001
Manager(s)	Dmitry 'ddd1ms' Smilianets (owner)
Sponsors	BenQ MSI
Divisions	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive League of Legends Dota 2
Website	moscowfive.ru

Moscow Five was a Russian professional esports organization which was founded in 2001. The organization has teams in Counter-Strike, WarCraft, FIFA, and LoL. On December 16, 2011, Moscow 5 created what one could describe as one of the most successful international teams in the history of League of Legends.^[1] In 2013 former Moscow 5 owner Dmitry 'ddd1ms' Smilianets was arrested for his alleged involvement in "one of the largest" hacking and data breach schemes history in a global operation by the FBI’s Cyber Division.^[2] Former Moscow 5’s LoL team quickly reformed as Gambit Gaming under Pikiner’s leadership.

In World Cyber Games 2011 Moscow 5’s Counter-Strike team won bronze.

League of Legends

Source^[3]

• Top-Laner : Alexander "Stejos" Glazkov
• Jungler : Alexander "Canya" Sinjakov
• Mid-Laner : Yury "Flashy" Shilenkov
• AD carry : Boris "dayruin" Sherbakov
• Support : Vyacheslav "Archie" Egorov

Former players

• Darien
• Diamondprox
• Alex Ich
• Genja
• GoSu Pepper

References

1. Moscow Five return to League of Legends
2. Former Moscow 5 owner charged in "largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States"
3. Moscow 5 announced new League of Legends team roster

External links

• Official website
• Moscow Five
• Moscow Five wins BEAT IT Russia, 2:0s fnatic
• Moscow Five win MSI Beat It Russia