Vega Squadron is glad to announce that Artyom "fng" Barshak has joined our Dota 2 team.

He began his career in Power Rangers, then he was noticed by Natus Vincere and joined the team shortly after. It didn't turn out great and later he joined Virtus Pro Polar (ASUS Polar later) and became team's captain. When Virtus Pro rosters were united into one he decided to stay on captain's position in the team. With this roster he finished in top-6 of The International 5. Last season Artyom and his "bears" also climbed to top-8 of The Frankfurt Major and reached the Grand Finals of The Summit 4.

Vega Squadron CEO Alexey Kodakov's comment:

- Fng is one of the strongest captains and coordinators in CIS at the moment, so we're very happy that he decided to continue his career in our team. We believe that Artyom will be able to use the potential our team has and make all our fans happy with the new level of Dota. However, both management and players understand that the long road still lies ahead, we'll have to work hard in order to reach the aims as quickly as possible, but everyone's ready for it.

Fng's comment:

- First of all I would like to thank Virtus.Pro and all the fans who helped us to progress that much and achieve everything we have done so far. I am also very happy that I will play in Vega Squadron and hope all the fans of the ‘sharks’ team will support me and our team.