Beyond the Summit suspends Russian-language broadcast of BTS Pro Series
/The North American studio Beyond the Summit suspends the Russian-language broadcast of BTS Pro Series Season 10 and the display of Dota 2 Champions League 2022 Season 8 matches. In its official statement, the company associated this decision with the “invasion of Ukraine”.
From now on, Beyond the Summit will cease coverage of Dota 2 Champions League 2022 Season 8 in English and official coverage of BTS Pro Series Season 10 in Russian. We condemn the invasion of Ukraine and call on everyone to support humanitarian efforts to protect civilians and innocent people.
Recall that the day before, the Swedish esports organization Alliance decided to withdraw from Dota 2 Champions League Season 8. The club explained its decision by the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Earlier, similar statements were made by Evgeny Zolotarev, Petr1k, Kane, Andrey Grigoriev, XBOCT and many other prominent figures in eSports. In addition, the Ukrainian esports organization NAVI broke off cooperation with the ESforce holding, which owns such assets as RuHub, Epic Esports Events, Cybersport.ru and Virtus.pro.