Thanks to the screwy history and updated backstory featured in later games, the villain of Modern Warfare 2 & 3 gets a hidden inclusion. Not only does he appear, but you can kill him and earn a very special achievement / trophy for your trouble.

What happens if you kill Makarov?

In case you hadn't heard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered has a pretty cool Time Paradox achievement / trophy. Except it's not cool. ... If you shoot Makarov as well as your target Zakhaev, you'll unlock the Time Paradox trophy / achievement.

How does Vladimir Makarov die?

Makarov played for clubs in Tajikistan and Ukraine from 1969 to 1977. For the last two years of his life, he starred at Pakhtakor Tashkent as a forward in 1978 and 1979, before he died in a mid-air plane crash in August 1979.