Mikhail is the leader of the U.B.C.S. Delta Platoon that both Nicholai Ginovaef and Carlos Oliveira are part of. According to his backstory, Mikhail is from Saint Petersburg, Russia. He originally served the Red Army before joining his wife's guerilla force and participating in race liberation wars in neighboring countries, until he was eventually arrested by the Russian Army and convicted of acts of terrorism. He was then coerced into leading the U.B.C.S. in exchange for his men's freedom. In the novelization by S.D. Perry, Mikhail's injury was due to being shot by Nicholai.