HOTU complete roster with Aleksandr ‘dwushka’ signing

Russian esports organization HOTU announced Aleksandr ‘dwushka’ Pakhnevich as the final member of their starting five, finalizing a roster rebuild that began in April. The 21-year-old replaces Suleımen ‘dukefissura’ Orazaly and Altair ‘kAlash’ Askarov.

The changes followed HOTU’s exit from IEM Rio 2026, where the team recorded one series win against Legacy. In April the club removed dukefissura and kAlash and re-added Aidos ‘kade0’ Khairzhan, who spent most of 2025 with HOTU.

Pakhnevich has played for VP.Prodigy, FORZE Reload, Insilio and most recently Bebop. He averaged a team-leading 1.20 rating with Bebop in European online competitions so far this year, including appearances in the CCT Europe Series.

He featured for HOTU during their winning run at the 1xBet FRAG Season 17 LAN event. HOTU’s listed starting lineup now comprises David ‘n0rb3r7’ Danielyan, Dmitry ‘mizu’ Kondratev, Kim ‘frontales’ Argunov, Aidos ‘kade0’ Khairzhan and Aleksandr ‘dwushka’ Pakhnevich. Rustem ‘mou’ Telepov is the coach.

The organization began the overhaul to address results on the international stage and to build a core able to compete in online European events and LAN tournaments. The addition of dwushka completes the five-man roster assembled following the IEM Rio campaign.