Vladimir Zhidkov

Vladimir Zhidkov is from the Syphon Filter series. He only appears in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain.

Past
During Zhidkov's childhood, he witnessed atrocities committed by the Russian forces in his home. When Zhidkov was an adult, he joined his country's military. He gained much experience and training in combat. Afterward, he became a terrorist.

Recruitment
Zhidkov joined the Chechen Democratic Partizans to battle Russians. He was ranked third in the organization behind Mikhas Ivankov and Mikhail Pulikovsky. He remained a member of the organization when it became a group of terrorists.

Assignment
Ivankov ordered Zhidkov to destroy a steel mill in Belarus. Zhidkov and a unit of CDP soldiers murdered several of the mill's workers. He forced the mill's foreman, Tekla Niculescu, to comply. Zhidkov needed access to a safe in Niculescu's office which contained files from Dr. Nikolai Jandran. His operation was sabotaged when operatives from an agency intervened. The operatives set explosives on the train tracks which Zhidkov used to enter the mill. He tried to escape but died when his train ran over the bombs.