Yuri

Yuri, aka The Vulture, is a minor antagonist in Call of Duty 9. A former Red Army soldier, he returned to Moscow and soon was running the most powerful gang in the city.

Biography
Yuri was in 1972, and joined the army shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. Yuri saw action in several classified missions in Afghanistan and China, and was promoted to Sergeant. An arm wound ended his military career, and he returned to Moscow. He became wanted by several gang leaders because of his military experience, and he eventually became an enforcer in the top gang in the city. Yuri and his supporters overthrew the gang leader, and Yuri became the new leader. His gang controlled important trade roads and were the top dog in the black mark and drug trafficking.

Vladimir Kirkanov, the president of Titanium Shipping, noticed Yuri's activities and offered several payments of weaponry and cash in exchange for loyalty. Yuri agreed, and Vladimir gained control over virtually all of Moscow. Vladimir planned for Yuri to keep control over Moscow while Titanium Shipping invaded the world.

In the mission Shadow of the Kremlin, Yuri plans to hijack a military convoy carrying advanced weapons. A Red Army captain manage to thwart his plan by forcing Yuri's jeep off a bridge. Following this, the captain was secretly killed by Vladimir's son, Packovic. Yuri managed to survive the fall.

An IRA agent named Jonah Thorpe, who was loyal to Vladimir, was close to being captured in Iraq, so Vladimir had Yuri send several gunmen to silence him. Jonah struggled, and in the end Jonah and two other gunmen died. An Intelligence Support Activities team, which included Sgt. Hops, tracked the gunmen back to Yuri's mob.

Packovic was included in the plan to take out the team. Packovic offered the ISA safe passage in exchange for killing several corrupt cops. The ISA did this and made their way to Yuri's base, and Hops knocked him with a tranquilizing dart. On the way back out, Packovic's team ambushed them, and they only survived with the help of a snowstorm. During this Yuri escaped ISA capture.

The next day the ISA attempted to leave the city, and slealthily made their way around the city. They were discovered, and Yuri helped his men fight in a subway station. The fighting caused the ground above the station to collapse, and Yuri was killed.

Intelligence recieved in the mission Escape Route reveals that following Yuri's death Packovic took over the gang.

Trivia

 * Intelligence reveals that Yuri is 6'2 and has a "stocky" build.
 * It was originally planned for Yuri to be the announce for a Russian gang faction, but the faction was replaced by the Spetsnaz.
 * In the multiplayer map Kremlin the cave-in that killed Yuri can be seen.