AWPer Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko has taken over from Artem "ArtFr0st" Kharitonov for the season, but the team has registered both Daniil "d1Ledez" Kustov and VP loanee Timur "FL4MUS" Marev for the event in Germany.
"The question of who will play at the Cologne Major will remain open until all players receive their visas," Pioneer said.
"The good news is that we applied right after the Major ranking cutoff, and we expect to receive them very soon. That said, I’d rather not make any predictions just yet. For any CIS team, visas are always a major challenge."
FL4MUS will play for the team at IEM Atlanta because he has a valid US visa, with d1Ledez waiting anxiously for news on Cologne.