Makarov is a power-hungry, ruthless, genocidal, psychopathic, sadistic, and stone-cold cruel terrorist mastermind who was best known for leading a massacre at Zakhaev International Airport in Moscow, which instigated World War III between the Western Civilization and Russia in his attempt to restore the power of the Russian Empire. He is also the one responsible for the nuclear bomb that killed 30,000 U.S. Marines who served under General Shepherd.  He serves as the overarching antagonist of COD