Russian Roulette (Alex Rider)

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There, he is recruited by ASIS, Australia's secret service, to infiltrate a Snakehead organization by posing as an Afghan refugee. Alex is rescued by a man whose identity is later revealed as Rahim, an Indian RAW agent sent to kill McCain. However, the mission was a near total disaster; due to confusion with two clocks that were out of sync, John and Yassen's arrival took Ash by surprise. Like Belinda Troy, he is a CIA agent, sent to Cuba with Troy and Alex, to investigate General Alexei Sarov.

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At one time, she was married to Sandro Rothman, an elderly multimillionaire property developer, but he died two days after their wedding when he fell from his seventeen-story office building – though it is later mentioned in the Paperback edition of Snakehead that Julia pushed him to his death so she would inherit his fortune. However, Feng lets slip several inconsistencies, such as not knowing who Alan Blunt (the head of MI6 Special Operations) is, and saying that the car Alex was in hit a traffic light, when his underling, Wendy McDarling, saying the crash happened on a motorway. But after his departure, Yassen discovers he is a spy for MI6, and angrily heads to Sharksvosky's compound.When Yassen shot Ash, his body armour meant that he was back on his feet in seconds, but this prompted Yassen to fatally shoot four other agents. Rahim finds Alex, Sabina and her father when their SUV falls into Loch Arkaig and drives them to the hospital, saving them from hypothermia. Nightshade then uses him to start a diversion away from their plan, claiming that he really is "Julius", and causing law enforcement to focus on finding him. In a desperate heist, Yassen breaks into someone's apartment, but is caught by the owner, Vladimir Sharkovsky. The Russian authorities proceed to send gunships to destroy the village, both to contain the outbreak and cover up the development of the chemical weaponry.

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After America refuses, Scorpia will destroy the capsules, releasing the poison and killing the children. Board member Levi Kroll expresses opposition to the plan in the meeting and, pointing a gun at Kurst, threatens to leave. As John and Yassen wait in an airport – Yassen planning to take a plane to Berlin and vaporize – Yassen discovers a gadget from MI6 in John's luggage, and subsequently discovers his true allegiance.

His role in the series has been compared to that of Alec Trevelyan (aka Agent 006/ Janus) from the James Bond movie GoldenEye.