on spiketalk fr0st mentioned a possible full russian team in EMEA being created
hard time to believe it but yeah according to him
I had a theory a few seasons ago that KOI or GX could run an all-Russian roster since they have quite a few Russian talents. It's definitely a nice idea since it could fuel that GAMBIT love people had especially if they can get Engh as coach. The IGL role will probably be the most difficult to sort out since not many Russian players call nowadays and the ones who do are locked in with rosters (Cloud, Nats, Kr1stal). Kr1stal is probably the best available option to buy since GE has crazy turnover. For KOI, a roster of Purp0, Kr1stal, Jady, Rexxtoned and Anq could very well work. There is a possibility of having Derke on the team since he mentioned his future at Vitality is up in the air. I'm not sure how good Demon1's Russian is, but he could swap to EMEA and have a smokes-duelist flex with Purp0 depending on maps.
id be suprised if its navi because ruxic and hiro look like the second coming of jesus and alexiiik is only getting better. if they cut those three and ange1's dementia kicks in and he forgets he played this year while keeping shao i could imagine with rarga and vo0kashu they could have a great rosterr but not nessesarily more talent than they already have. they would need another smokes player so idk snipe razziss and shove him on viper