PARIVISION CEO: “After the Major, to be completely honest, we were actually thinking about Boris magixx.”
PARIVISION CEO Andrei “Kimi” Kwasniewski, in a video on the club’s YouTube channel, discussed the signing of Ivan “zweih” Gogin and other transfer candidates at the end of 2025, and also shared his thoughts on the team’s victory at BLAST Bounty Winter 2026.
On zweih’s transfer
As for Vanya’s transfer, we actually didn’t think about it for very long. I called my friend Sergey from Nemiga. He gave me, let’s say, a brief summary about Vanya—what’s important to him for everything to work out. We realized this was a perfect fit, which is why we went ahead with the transfer.
There were actually no complications in the negotiations regarding Vanya. We have an excellent relationship with Spirit. Historically speaking, we’ve been in constant dialogue with them, for which we’re very grateful and have a lot of respect for them.
On other candidates
After the Major, to be completely honest, we were actually considering Boris “magixx” because he was on Spirit’s bench. At that time, there hadn’t yet been an announcement that Spirit would bring [him] back to the starting lineup and put Vanya on the bench. He was on the shortlist back then. When magixx was replaced by zweih, Vanya remained the only candidate.
On winning BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
The start of 2026 can be described in a few words—a pleasant surprise that went on to shape the entire season ahead. It’s a huge boost of positive emotions, energy, and motivation to keep working, because winning tournaments like this means you’re on the right track.
Earlier in the video, Dastan “dastan” Akbaev spoke about his move to PARIVISION and his split with Andrey “AW” Anisimov following the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, and also highlighted the strengths of Ivan “zweih” Gogin.
Photo — PARIVISION.
