Vsevelod Vsevelodovich Kapalkin is the President of the Russian Federation. He rules Russia in an iron grasp, making him hated by some Russians and even had was the target of a failed assassination attempt. In the EndWar novel, he first appears talking to General Sergei Izotov about the kidnapping of Colonel Pavel Doletskya. He has "a pronounced jaw, penetrating eyes, and impeccably comed hair".