Yuri (Russian: Юрий) was a Russian Loyalist and the main playable character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. He was an ex-Spetsnaz operative who served in Nikolai's Loyalist Army, and was considered to be Nikolai's best man. He played an important role during the Ultranationalist crisis before, during, and after the Third World War. He betrayed his then friend Vladimer Makarov after seeing him kill massecre hundreds of people. Makarov then shot him in the stomach but he survived. He later joined Captain Price in taking down Makarov. Price and Yuri then stormed a hotel (which Price deduced as being where Makarov was hiding) and was eventually impaled by a piece of steel after the restaraunt deck of the hotel was destroyed an attack chopper. Yuri then told Price to continue after Makarov.