Ex-Passion UA player Kvem says club did not pay him about $60,000

Former Passion UA Counter-Strike 2 player Vladislav “Kvem” Korol said the organization did not pay him about $60,000-$70,000 for stickers from the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, Cybersport.ru reported on Oct. 31. Kvem spoke on a livestream by caster Konstantin “leniniw” Sivko.

Kvem suggested that club management may have spent the money on building a bootcamp. According to him, the bootcamp, which he said was given to a friend, was most likely built with sticker money. He added that he believes everything was planned and called this his theory.

He also said he plans to hire a lawyer to help him sort out the situation. According to Cybersport.ru, Passion UA’s management had not commented when the article was published, and the club’s last social media posts date from June.

Background

Cybersport.ru also reported that Ukrainian footballer Oleksandr Zinchenko, who founded Passion UA in 2023, ended his cooperation with the club on June 23.

In August, HLTV.org said, citing several sources, that the organization owed about $600,000 to its former roster, according to Cybersport.ru. Passion UA CEO Artemy Ryabov had told players that the sticker money had allegedly not been paid out by Valve, the outlet reported.