buster and SNk have left DEPO
Representatives of the esports organization DEPO announced on the club’s official Telegram channel that they have ended their partnership with Timur “buster” Tulepov and Alexander “SNk” Syomkin.
DEPO Roster
- Amirbek “wetfy” Timurov
- Shokhzakhon “shoxs” Sultanbaev
- Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko
- Evgeny “bullet” Batkin (coach)
Timur “buster” Tulepov is a 26-year-old rifler from Kazakhstan who has been competing professionally since 2016. Throughout his career, he has represented organizations such as AVANGAR, Virtus.pro, and Cloud9, and most recently played for DEPO. His achievements include gold medals at the BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019, cs_summit 7, Flashpoint Season 2, and Brazy Party, as well as silver medals at the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 and the Intel Extreme Masters XV - World Championship. Timur’s total prize money exceeds $511,000.
Alexander “SNk” Syomkin is a 30-year-old esports player from Kyrgyzstan who began his career in 2015. Previously, he played for Revolution Gaming, Tengri, NOTBAD, AK BARS, OMEGA, and DEPO. Among his key achievements as a rifler are silver medals at the CIS Minor Championship — Kraków 2017 as part of Tengri, second-place finishes at the MySkill Pro League Season 2 and META Cup Season 4 tournaments, as well as a championship title at the NITRO FRESH Masters 2025 LAN tournament. Alexander’s total prize money earnings throughout his career amount to nearly $10,000.
The last tournament in which Timur “buster” Tulepov and Alexander “SNk” Syomkin competed as part of DEPO’s main CS2 roster was FRAG Season 18. The team finished in 7th–8th place at the championship and earned $1,000 in prize money.
Photo by Stefan Petrescu, PGL.
