

In 1996, Yuri and Makarov are in one of the vehicles during Zakhaev's attempted arms deal exchange in Pripyat, Ukraine. Yuri served in the Ultranationalist Party by primarily escorting Makarov throughout the crisis. His idealism caught the interest of Imran Zakhaev and Vladimir Makarov, eventually befriending him. It was known that Yuri served in the Spetsnaz and was (As he described himself at the time) "young and patriotic" during the 1990s. Not much was known about Yuri until the revelations in Prague. " - Yuri, about his past as a former Ultranationalist. However, Yuri was killed by Makarov in a joint effort between him and Price to kill Makarov to avenge Soap's death.īiography Early life " I was young. After he betrayed Makarov during the airport massacre, he served with the Loyalists and the Task Force 141 disavowed soldiers named John Price and John "Soap" MacTavish. Both of them saved Imran Zakhaev's life in Chernobyl in 1996 and are present during the bomb detonation that killed the 30,000 Marines. He was also a close friend of Vladimir Makarov while serving in the Ultranationalists and his former right-hand man. He played an important role during the Ultranationalist crisis before, during and after World War III. He was an ex- Spetsnaz operative who served in Nikolai's Loyalist Army and was considered to be his best man. Our reward was power, but power corrupts." - Yuri explaining his and Makarov's reward for saving Imran Zakhaev to John Price.Ĭommander Yuri (Russian: Юрий) was a Russian Loyalist, playable character and the tritagonist in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3and also appeared in Call of Duty: Heroes. Tony Curran " Zakhaev never forgot what we did for him that day.
