The Russian player was banned from all ESL play on May 2007 for a period of two years after being caught cheating during a match for one of the uyR tournaments organised by the European league.

However, he has now been added to the Virtus.pro ESL roster and might be playing for the team at the upcoming Extreme Masters Finals this weekend.

According to Filimonchenko's profile, he has entered the ESL "rehabilitation" program for cheaters, which will allow him to play before than expected.

Contacted by GotFrag.com, both ESL and Virtus.pro were unavailable to comment on this matter.

UPDATE: Contacted by GotFrag.com, the ESL stated that the Russian talent has been allowed to play the tournament as he admitted to have cheated and apologized for it, thus having passed the ESL rehabilitation program.

This said, Virtus.pro should feature the following line-up at the Extreme Masters Finals:

Alexey "LeX" Kolesnikov
Viktor "Sally" Filimonchenko
Roman "ROMJkE" Makarov
Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev
Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko