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* CompleteMonster: [[FauxAffablyEvil Commissar Vassiloff]] is a cruel [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] whose job is to hunt down and kill defectors from the Soviet Union. With his latest target, Major Ivan Kuchenko, in sniper range, Vassiloff refuses to have him merely shot. Instead, Vassiloff decides to give Kuchenko "[[MadArtist the death of an artist]]". To that end, Vassiloff forces Kuchenko into a trap where he must find and defuse a bomb hidden in his hotel room under a 3-hour time limit. Vassiloff delights in watching his victim suffer a nervous breakdown as time runs out, and [[CruelMercy continues to leave him alive]] even as he pleads, screaming, to be shot. With a ComplexityAddiction that defies all logic, Vassiloff cements himself as one of the most sadistic characters on the show, claiming to have killed 800 people in similar ways purely to satisfy his boredom.
* GeniusBonus: Vassiloff presents Kuchenko with a bottle of amontillado wine. A famous Creator/EdgarAllanPoe story, ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'' was ''also'' about someone using a convoluted plan to lure a man into his own murder. Given Vassiloff's WickedCultured persona, it's no stretch to believe this was an intentional ShoutOut on his part, and that he's a fan of the story.
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