Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia and the world's largest country in terms of landmass. Formerly a Soviet republic and known as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1991, it achieved independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Its capital is Moscow.
History[]
Early History[]
Russia was once a republic of the Soviet Union, which was the rival superpower to the United States during the Cold War. After the Cold War, a naval base was built in Vladovin to retrofit nuclear submarines and was since owned by the Russian military.
2013[]
A military convoy in Moscow was attacked and destroyed on a bridge by a team of international criminals led by former SAS soldier turned mercenary-for-hire Owen Shaw. The resulting attack resulted in the theft of a component for Nightshade. The Russian authorities investigated with DSS agents Luke Hobbs and Riley Hicks also being called in after Oakes, one of the culprits of the attack, was apprehended by Interpol.
2017[]
The Russian Minister of Defense was present in New York City with a nuclear football. However, his motorcade was immobilized by a cyberattack orchestrated by Cipher, who hijacked many autonomous cars in the city and commandeered them to trap the motorcade, resulting in mass collateral damage and the deaths of many people. Dominic Toretto, who was coerced by Cipher to work under her, retrieved nuclear the nuclear football from him. As a result of the incident, the Russian government temporarily severed diplomatic relations with the American government. Later, Dominic Toretto's Crew traveled to the naval base in Vladovin to intercept Dominic and stop Cipher from hijacking a nuclear submarine. During the mission, they met resistance from a terror group of military separatists that seized the base a month prior. During the mission, the separatist forces were wiped out and the submarine was destroyed due to the efforts of the crew and Dom, who betrayed Cipher.
2019[]
Seeking a way to safely extract the Snowflake virus from Hattie's system, she, Deckard, and Luke traveled to Moscow to meet up with Margarita, a professional thief and contact of Deckard. They encountered her at a mansion owned by Russian mobsters, which she and her crew ransacked. There, she gave Deckard and Luke a way to infiltrate the Eteon Weapons & Biotech Facility in Ukraine, providing them gear and weaponry and conceited a plan to deliver Hattie to Eteon to take her the extraction machine. That night, Margarita delivered Hattie to Eteon super-solider Brixton Lore and Luke and Deckard left the next morning to recover Hattie and steal the extraction machine.
External Links[]
- Russia at Wikipedia