Mikhail Durubin is a Russian Syndicate agent of the Technocracy living in Tokyo.
History[]
Durubin has served the Syndicate for more than 40 years. While Communism was the doctrine of the day, Mikhail made contacts throughout the apparatus and played an important part in building a Russian organized crime network. In the 1980s, when it became clear to observers with sources inside the bureaucracy that the Soviet Union could not endure, he turned to working among Russian nationalists. Durubin and his colleagues sought - not very successfully - to build up an alternative to the reactionary, religious nationalism that emerged as the major political rival to Communism. Since 1992, his primary mission has been the building of ties between Russian enterprises and neighboring countries.
For the last year, Mikhail has taken part in Russian/Japanese negotiations over Sakhalin Island and the mineral rights in the surrounding ocean. While the politicians posture at each other, he painstakingly works out quiet Japanese investment and profit sharing in Russian operations. The Syndicate theorizes that the more Japanese businesses have concrete reasons to cooperate peacefully, the more pressure they can exert on the Japanese government through their own back channels. Thus, in time, the political stalemate can become something of interest only to pedants.
Durubin recently learned in vague terms about Strike Force Zero and he has been trying to gather information about it. His Zaibatsu liaison professes to know nothing about the group. Two of his contacts within the Japanese Self-Defense Force disappeared while making inquiries about SF0. Durubin now proceeds more cautiously, sending tentative queries in search of small firms that may have done covert contracting for SF0.
Image[]
Mikhail Durubin has the massive build of a Russian who's worked his way up through poverty and purge. He now eats all he wants, and he has no idea about what constitutes a good diet; without Technocratic medical care, he'd probably be dead already from obesity or alcoholism. His wardrobe consists of very expensive European and Japanese suits, all of which look rumpled and ill-fitting on him because he has terrible posture. His thinning gray hair is meticulously styled-for reasons known only to him, he cares more about his hair than any of his other features.
Character Sheet[]
References[]
- WOD: World of Darkness: Tokyo, p. 60, 61
