Makarov is a former soldier who grew up in the realities of the USSR and succumbed to the propaganda of the Russian government from the beginning of the reign of his namesake. his basic ultra-nationalist views completely coincided with the desire of the authorities to see America or Europe as enemies. however, with the beginning of the war in Ukraine, his faith in power swayed... for Makarov this is not an enemy, but a friend, and this whole war is nothing more than a circus and weakness.