To overthrow the current Russian government, Zakhaev took the next step in his plan and the ultranationalist party fought a political crisis that led to civil war in Russia. Harboring a strong and enthusiastic hatred for Western countries, Zakhaev tried to return Russia to its communist roots, possibly seeking to return it to its state before the Soviet Union collapsed, albeit with him in power. In his view, the current Russian government had 'prostituted' its beloved homeland to the west, ruining the country's economy, culture and honor in the process.

He survived after being aided and safe by Vladimir Makarov and Yuri (as revealed in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3).ДЇifteen years later, in 2011, Zakhaev became the Chairman of the Russian ultra-nationalist party. MacMillan had believed that Zakhaev would die of 'shock and loss of blood', but this was not the case. The Russian mercenaries tried to eliminate the intruders, but MacMillan and Price managed to successfully escape from Pripiat. Firing from 897 meters with a Barrett M82, Price hit Zakhaev in the left arm, when his objective was to meet his business partners near the Chernobyl power plant. MacMillan and Price, wearing special camouflage suits, were able to inadvertently enter Pripyat. The SAS dispatched two operatives, Captain MacMillan and Lieutenant John Price to Pripyat as snipers to eliminate Zakhaev. His criminal activities were observed by British intelligence and the Special Air Service. We have positive identification on Imran Zakhaev.' - Captain MacMillan giving the order to fire. Through the profits he made from these deals, Zakhaev planned to fund his own extremist military faction that would regain control of Russia and reestablish his Soviet-era regime. In 1996, fifteen years before the Second Russian Civil War, Zakhaev witnessed the collapse of the communist regime in the Soviet Union as an opportunity to save radioactive fuel rods from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, and sell the precious uranium as nuclear being material for its black market. He made a living as a black market arms dealer, a position where he made a lot of money. Zakhaev loved his son, even going so far to make him a field commander in his paramilitary faction later in life. Starting his military service until reaching the Spetsnaz.ДЄt some point, be it in 1971 or 1972, she had a son whom she named Victor Zakhaev. This belief is what would drive him toward his goals in his last years as the Ultranacionalistas party. He believed in the ideals and goals of the Soviet Union. Zakhaev was born to an unknown father and mother during the reign of the Soviet Union. It was through Zakhaev's harsh machinations and ideals that the catastrophes of World War III occurred in 2016, five years after his own death. He is killed in the Endgame mission, at the hands of John 'Soap' MacTavish.

After Vladimir Makarov detonated a nuclear bomb that would kill 30.000 American soldiers, Price's team, now Captain, discovers his involvement in the war. In Modern Warfare he helps Khaled Al-Asad in his coup in the Arabian Peninsula. In 1996 he lost his left arm from a shot fired by Captain John Price (at that time Lieutenant in command of Captain MacMillan). He was an arms dealer in the former Soviet Union and leader of the Ultranationalist Party. Imran Zakhaev (in Russian: Imran Zakhaev) is the main antagonist in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. Imran Zakhaev during the introduction of the Ultimatum mission. Our blood has stained our soil, my blood, on their hands. 'Our self-appointed leaders prostitute us to the West, they have destroyed our culture, our economy, our honor.

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