Vasili Zhukov

Vasili Zhukov is an official under President Boris Vorshevsky. He is part of the extremist faction in Russian ruling party, as he tries to persuade Vorshevsky that Russia should not appease their enemy. It is hinted that the extremists, and specifically Zhukov has lend a hand to Makarov and allowed his hijackers aboard the plane in order to kidnap Boris Vorshevsky and sabotage the peace talk in Hamburg.