No Russian

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"No Russian" is a highly controversial and cinematic airport massacre mission in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that sparked widespread debate over violence and player agency in video games.

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No Russian canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf level ⓘ
video game mission ⓘ
antagonist Vladimir Makarov ⓘ
appearsInGame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ⓘ
audioCue warning message about disturbing content before mission ⓘ
cameraPerspective first-person ⓘ
censorshipStatus modified in some regional releases ⓘ
removed from Russian PC version ⓘ
chronologicalPositionInCampaign fourth mission ⓘ
contentRatingImpact contributed to stricter scrutiny of violent content in games ⓘ
controversialFor graphic depiction of terrorism ⓘ
player agency in committing atrocities ⓘ
violence against civilians ⓘ
criticalReception condemned as gratuitous by some commentators ⓘ
praised for emotional impact by some critics ⓘ
designStyle cinematic set-piece ⓘ
developer Infinity Ward ⓘ
factionFeatured Russian ultranationalists ⓘ
gameplayFeature mission cannot be failed for not shooting civilians ⓘ
option to abstain from shooting civilians ⓘ
option to participate in civilian massacre ⓘ
genreElement military shooter ⓘ
legacy one of the most controversial missions in video game history ⓘ
missionType single-player campaign mission ⓘ
narrativeFunction provokes war between Russia and the United States ⓘ
narrativeTwist undercover CIA agent is executed by Makarov ⓘ
notableEvent mass shooting at an airport ⓘ
option can be skipped entirely by the player ⓘ
partOf Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ⓘ
platform Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows

Nintendo DS ⓘ
Nintendo Switch ⓘ
OS X ⓘ
linked to: macOS

PlayStation 3 ⓘ
linked to: Sony PlayStation 3

PlayStation 4 ⓘ
Xbox 360 ⓘ
Xbox One ⓘ
playerAffiliation Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
playerCharacter Joseph Allen ⓘ
playerCoverIdentity undercover terrorist operative ⓘ
publisher Activision ⓘ
linked to: Activision Blizzard
releaseYear 2009 ⓘ
series Call of Duty ⓘ
settingCity Moscow ⓘ
settingCountry Russia ⓘ
settingLocation Zakhaev International Airport ⓘ
subseries Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ⓘ
theme false-flag operation ⓘ
morality in warfare ⓘ
player complicity ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
titleLanguage English phrase containing the word Russian ⓘ
titleOrigin instruction to attackers to speak no Russian ⓘ

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