Egor Korshunov

'''"I would turn my back on God Himself for Mother Russia."

- Ivan Korshunov. '''

Ivan Korshunov was a politically motivated Russian terrorist and the main antagonist of the movie Air Force One.

Biography
Ivan and his mercenaries disguised themselves as journalists. They were cleared to board Air Force One, the aircraft of the President of the United States, by using fake identities and fingerprints, those of deceased journalists. After takeoff, the group went into the weapons cabinet with the help of a corrupt official and take bulletproof vests and weapons, using them to take control of the plane and keep the passengers as hostages. Before the plane could land at Ramstein, Ivan kills the pilots and his men fly the plane back to the air. He calls the Vice President and demands the release of General Ivan Radek, a brutal communist who started a genocide, in exchange for the hostages and would kill one every hour that passes without Radek released.

The first hostage he executes is Jack Doherty, the national security advisor. He then executes Melanie Mitchell over the intercom in an attempt to get President James Marshall, who is hiding in the cargo hold, to come out and surrender. The president winds up cutting the fuel wires and the plane begins losing fuel. Marshall contacts the white house and tells them that he is going to get the hostages to parachute out of the plane while the terrorists are distracted with the midair refueling. The hostages escape, but Marshall himself is captured by the terrorists. With Marshall captured, Korshunov puts a gun to his daughter's head and orders Marshall to tell the new democratic president of Russia, Petrov, to release Radek immediatel, and Pretrov obliges.

Korshunov rejects his promise to let the hostages go but Marshall had a backup plan. Marshall uses a glass shard to cut through his bonds and kill the remaining two terrorists, including the terrorist pilot. Korshunov drags the First Lady into the cargo hold, intending to kill her. Marshall opens up the cargo hatch and wraps a parachute around Ivan's neck before telling him to get off his plane, and letting it go, snapping his neck and causing him to be flung from the plane.

Personality
Gary Oldman's performance was widely praised, and is considered among the best of his career. Ivan is a man that does not enjoy killing, but feels compelled to do it for the sovregnity of his country, which he feels has been corrupted after Radek was imprisoned. Ivan is a brutal man despite this, and is willing to kill anybody to get his demands met, including women and children. Ivan reveals that he does not think of himself as a monster and that he has a wife and three young children, which makes what he is doing even more interesting.