Yuri is a powerful psychic who is the Chief advisor of Premier Romanov of the USSR and later turned against the Soviet Union and the rest of the world, his the main antagonist of Yuri's Revenge. His ultimate goal is world domination and plans to acchieve this with his psychically/DNA-enhanced army. He appeared in the videogame Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and its sequel Yuri's Revenge, where he became a threat to the world with both playable factions the Allies(USA and allies) and the Soviets(USSR and allies) to foil his plot.