User blog comment:Fotis.salonikios1/Makarov spotted in Call of Duty 4/@comment-356904-20151002174327

Makarov as a character didn't exist until Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. During Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 he was retconned into the earlier game, but when playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare he is not actually present.