


Harboring a strong and keen hatred of Western countries, Zakhaev sought to return Russia to its "prime", possibly seeking to return it to its condition before the Soviet Union collapsed, though with himself in power. In his opinion, the current Russian government had "prostituted" his beloved homeland with the west, ruining the economy and culture of the country in the process. Zakhaev watching President Al-Fulani's execution.Fifteen years later, in 2011, Zakhaev became the chairman of the Russian Ultranationalist Party. Zakhaev survived, but the failed assassination attempt cost Zakhaev his left arm. MacMillan thought Zakhaev would die from shock and blood loss, but this would not be the case. The Russians attempted to eliminate the intruders, but MacMillan and Price were able to escape the city. Sniping from over 800 meters away with his Barrett M82 sniper rifle, Price aimed and shot Zakhaev in the left shoulder, when his target was meeting business partners near the Chernobyl powerplant. Pripyat, an abandoned ghost town since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, and the peaceful countryside surrounding the town, were swarming with Russian mercenaries employed by Zakhaev, but MacMillan and Price, wearing ghillie suits, were able to sneak to the city unnoticed. The SAS dispatched two operatives, Captain MacMillan and then- Lieutenant John Price, as snipers in Ukraine to eliminate Zakhaev.

His criminal activities were noted by the British intelligence, and the Special Air Service gained its first assassination order since the ending of World War II. Imran Zakhaev shortly before being shot by Lieutenant Price.Fifteen years before the civil war in Russia, in 1996, Zakhaev was nothing more than a black-market arms dealer who saw the collapse of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union as an opportunity to salvage radioactive fuel rods from the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant in Pripyat, Ukraine, and sell the precious uranium as nuclear material in the black markets. He is the leader of the so-called " Four Horsemen", and the cunning mastermind behind the uprisings in Russia and the Arabian Peninsula. Imran Zakhaev (Russian: Имран Заха́ев) was a male Russian arms dealer, Ultranationalist and a Russian terrorist who is the main antagonist in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. or suffer the consequences." - Zakaev's speech during Ultimatum.

All U.S and British forces will leave Russia immediately. The plot thickens." Our so called leaders prostituted us to the West. Black Ops Cold War has a Fireteam map called Ruka that's set in the Ural Mountains, and it has a campaign level set in Mount Yamantau, a Russian nuclear facility located within the Ural Mountains. Meanwhile, this ending cutscene suggests the next Zombies map is set in the Ural mountains.
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Seeing Black Ops' Sergeant Woods join forces with Modern Warfare's Captain Price was odd at first but commonplace now.īut the suggestion here is that beneath the gritty realism of the Modern Warfare series and the paranoia of Black Ops lies the current Zombies story, swelling the Call of Duty canon. Now, the world of Zombies slots in, with Kravchenko's appearance in the new map's ending cutscene and his association with Zakhaev tying the worlds together.īlack Ops' integration into battle royale behemoth Warzone means the streams have been crossed for some time. Players had already connected Black Ops to Modern Warfare after spotting Imran Zakhaev in the Cold War campaign, confirming both series and of course Warzone, which continues the Modern Warfare storyline, take place within the same universe and timeline.
