Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov, who was set to coach team Russia at WESG 2017, will miss the $1.5 million event due to family reasons, with veteran Vadim "MSE" Zimin set to replace him.
Denis "seized" Kostin has shared the news on Russian social media VK.com, where he also revealed that Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov will be assisting the team remotely from home.
Replacing him in Russia is veteran Vadim "MSE" Zimin, who used to play Counter-Strike 1.6 for Virtus.pro in 2011 and was shortly part of various Russian teams in 2014-2015.
The Russian squad are part of Group D at the Chinese event, where seized & co. will face SK, New4, and BIG on the first day of the competition (Thursday, March 13).
Russia's lineup for WESG 2017 World Finals will be the following:
Denis "electroNic" Sharipov
New4 #112 Nan 'Jewelry' WangFei 'jackhan' HanYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu 
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov 
Age: 30 Team: EPG Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 669 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.69 
Denis 'seized' Kostin 
Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1064 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 
SK #2 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo 
Russia Denis 'seized' KostinMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 497 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 
BIG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetNiels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev 
Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 925 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 
Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin 
Age: 26 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 899 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Vadim 'MSE' Zimin 
Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.81 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.76 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov 
Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1169 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 (责任编辑：skinhub)
