Colonel Alexei Zaysen

"Who is this terrorist!? What makes you so valuable to him! This bastard tried to destroy me tonight! But he failed! At sunrise I will hunt him down and have his skin hanging on the wall!"

- Zaysen to Trautman after Rambo's failed rescue attempt.

Colonel Zaysen is the main villain of Rambo III. He had been a brutal Soviet commander in charge of a region in Afghanistan. As Col. Sam Trautman prepares to move supplies for the fight against him, Zaysen appears in a helicopter and captures Trautman. The commander begins to interrogate Trautman gruesomely alongside his top Russian soldier, Kourov. One night, Rambo tries to rescue his colonel, but fails in the attempt, but not before a number of Russians are killed. Zaysen gets into another argument with Trautman over Rambo. The next morning, Rambo successfully rescues the captive Trautman then makes the escape along with other captive Afghan civilians. Zaysen then orders a manhunt for Rambo and Trautman. In a bloody escape, Rambo kills Kourov and other Russians in a cave. At the border, Zaysen has Rambo and Trautman cornered until Mujahideen forces arrive to help Rambo out finally. With victory at hand, Rambo first shoots at Zaysen's helicopter with a tank machine gun, then rams the tank big gun into the helicopter, killing Zaysen and his helicopter crew.