Victor Zakheav

*"This is the son, Victor."*
— Kate Laswell discussing about Victor Zakheav.
*"...Our victory today will be decisive. Together, we put a knife in the neck of history... It's time now for the final cut... They came to Verdansk to stop us, but they couldn't resist fighting each other... This war is 50 years in the making... No more treaties, no more diplomacy... These weapons will no longer lie dormant."*
— Victor Zakheav's speech in the final mission.
**Victor Zakheav** is the main antagonist of Chapter 2. He is the founding CEO of Zakhaev Arms, a terrorist conspirator and the son of the late Soviet Union official Imran Zakhaev, where he aims to finish his father's mission to restore the power of the Soviet Union through whatever means necessary, including starting a nuclear war.

## Biography

### Before Chapter 2

After Imran Zakheav's death, Victor Zakhaev reportedly used what was left of his father’s loyalist contacts and created Zakhaev Arms to smuggle weapons from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East. Using his gun-running, Victor continued to wield influence with an eye toward fulfilling his father’s unrealized dreams of returning the Soviet Union to its former glory through leveraging the threat of nuclear war.

### Chapter 2

#### Invading Verdansk

Later, Victor Zakhaev freed Khaled Al-Asad from his prison. Al-Asad seized command authority over the extremist group and newly founded Al-Qatala. Zakhaev then forged an alliance with Al-Asad and became an adviser and arms supplier for the new Al-Qatala leader. On Febuary 2021, using Zakhaev's armaments, Al-Asad launched a full-scale assault against the city of Verdansk resulting in countless deaths and ultimately the mass evacuation of the city’s civilian occupants.

#### Losing Agents

After the inital raid, Task Force 141 came to fight the Al-Qatela and they went after Volk and The Banker and they got information about Shepards double agent status and the alliance between Al-Qatela and Shadow Company became known. Once they found out about Ramos defecting, they went after him thinking he might give information to Task Force 141. Ambushing Ramos and the task force 141 squad, Ramos ran for it to try and escape both teams, he failed and Alex Mason and Henry captured him, but not before Henry was captured by Al-Asad and Victor.

#### Torturing Henry

Later in a warehouse, Al-Asad, Shepard and Zakheav brutally interrogated Henry by trying to get information about Task Force 141 out of him, but he never talked which led to them almost killing him but Gary "Roach" Sanderson and Simon "Ghost" Riley raided the warehouse and Zakheav quickly fled the scene.

#### Capturing Task Force 141

During Task Force 141's assualt on Verdansk. Al-Asad and Victor Zakheav secretly watched them invade the stadium, before launching several cruise missles and easily apprehending Frank Woods, Alex Mason, Gary "Roach" Sanderson, Henry, Simon "Ghost" Riley and Phylax. However, the team were able to escape after help from Sentinel Task Force.

#### Death

After the death of Al-Asad, Zakheav rallied up all his forces now spreading them around verdansk, however his defenses were no match for the superior air support and invasion, being backed into a corner at a nuclear silo, having one last trick up his sleeve he activiated a ICBM in a silo digged into a bunker near the outskirts of Verdansk. His plan to fulfill his father's wishes ultimately failed however as Task Force 141 managed to get the abort code for the missile, 6157, and launched an assault. Mason and Henry infiltrated the bunker when Zakheav activated the missle. Mason shot him in the shoulder before throwing him off to the bottom of the silo. With Zakhaev dead, Mason received the abort code from Jason Hudson and prevented the ICBM from launching.