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.
Kelly tracks Rykov as part of his revenge and investigation.
Kelly identifies Rykov as the surviving assassin's connection and joins the mission to capture him in Murmansk.
The plot links Rykov's intelligence role to the broader scheme, but does not state a direct personal meeting with Clay.
Rykov is revealed to be a deep-cover CIA asset, and the Murmansk operation is exposed as a setup connected to the manufactured conflict Clay later con...
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