A former Spetznaz officer and deep-cover CIA asset hiding in Murmansk. After being tracked down by Kelly and forced to reveal his location, Rykov is found wearing a suicide vest. He detonates it to avoid capture, dying on the spot and revealing that the Murmansk mission was a setup to incite war.
Clay exploits Rykov's status and the intelligence leaks to engineer a geopolitical crisis.
Greer participates in the joint operation to locate and capture Rykov.
Rykov is the primary assassin Kelly is tasked to capture.
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