Russian Army

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation more commonly known as the Russian Armed Forces are a hostile faction in BlastGen. They only make an appearance in the campaign levels such as in the later stages in Prison Break and Desert Recon, however they are oblivious to the player in that level.

Rise of monarchy in Russia
In late 2030, Russia became a monarchy and the original president was overthrown and the government officials were publicly executed. It was then a new king and queen was elected by the citizens, King Andrei and Queen Taisiya. They maintained Russia's military and put it under the command of Commander Aleksei Voloshin, the son of a famous military dictator. Under his leadership, they built a military prison in Moscow where they would keep their prisoners of war.

Capturing of American soldiers
It was when the USA attempted to send soldiers to Russia to assassinate the king and queen that Russia ended all relations with the US and then captured two American soldiers, McMillan and Jackson, and held them in the military prison. This would catch the attention of the US and they would later task the US Marines' elite Kilo Force One to rescue the two prisoners.

Alliance with Czech Militia
Russia later signed a peace treaty from the Czech Militia and agreed to help each other. As seen in Desert Recon, Russian soldiers were reportedly selling weapons to the Czech Militia, who in turn offered American weapons scavenged off of soldiers. They are shown to come to an agreement and the Russians leave in their vehicles. However, the Russians are oblivious to the player in this mission.

Trivia

 * If the player shoots at the Russians during the reconnaissance portion, the mission will fail, saying the player "blew their cover".
 * Andrei Malikov, Maxim Korenov, Igor Glazkov, and Aleksei Voloshin are the only named members of the faction. Other members aren't shown to have any names. However, the aformentioned characters are affiliated with the Prison Guards and not the actual armed forces.
 * Czech Army mercenaries in the mission Hit Job reuse the Russian Army uniforms but have the heads and facial features of Czech Militia soldiers.
 * Zombified Spetsnaz soldiers serve as the Armored Zombies on the Zombies map Townhouse.