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- "Hydra deserves its place on the ash heap, so your death would not bother me. But I'd have to use this book and other bloodier methods to find what I need. I don't look forward to that. You'd only be dying for your pride."
- ―Helmut Zemo to Vasily Karpov[src]
The Assassination of Vasily Karpov was a failed attempt by Helmut Zemo to extract information about the Winter Soldier Program from former Hydra agent Vasily Karpov.
Background[]
- "When S.H.I.E.L.D. fell... Black Widow released Hydra files to the public. Millions of pages. Much of it encrypted. Not easy to decipher. But, I have experience. And patience. A man can do anything if he has those."
- ―Helmut Zemo[src]
Succeeding in acquiring the Super Soldier Serum, Vasily Karpov oversaw the creation of the Winter Soldiers, an elite group of five Hydra assassins infused with the serum. However, the Winter Soldiers, except for Bucky Barnes, lost control and started a riot, resulting in all of them being put under deep sleep in Cryostasis Chambers.[2]
Assassination[]
Vasily Karpov is attacked by Helmut Zemo
- "What do you want?"
"Mission report. December 16th, 1991." - ―Vasily Karpov and Helmut Zemo[src]
Twenty-five years later, the former Sokovian special forces Colonel Helmut Zemo arrived at Vasily Karpov's house in Cleveland, Ohio. There, Zemo attacked him and knocked him out. He then tied up the Hydra agent and placed him upside down and partially submerged Karpov's head in a sink. Zemo then started filling the sink with tap water to extract the 1991 mission report from him.
Helmut Zemo finds the Winter Soldier Book
However, Karpov refused to talk, so Zemo took the book with the trigger words to operate Bucky Barnes and abandoned him. Heavily restrained and unable to lift his head from the water, Karpov spoke the Hydra oath before drowning in the overflowing sink.[2]
Aftermath[]
- "Officials have released a video of a suspect... who they have identified as James Buchanan Barnes... the Winter Soldier. The infamous Hydra agent... linked to numerous acts of terrorism and political assassinations."
- ―News Report[src]
Helmut Zemo framed the Winter Soldier for a attack on the Vienna International Centre the day the Sokovia Accords were being signed. After a high-speed chase, Barnes was taken to the custody of the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre. Meanwhile, Zemo kidnapped and murdered Theo Broussard and took his place as the unfortunate psychiatrist. Also, Zemo had also sent an EMP bomb to the Berlin's main power plant.
Zemo gave a psychological evaluation on Barnes, acting that nothing was amiss, until the EMP bomb detonated, cutting out all of the building's power, including the security cameras. Using the book, Zemo reactivated Barnes' program. Barnes gave him all information about his mission and the Winter Soldier Program and Zemo arrived to the Hydra Siberian Facility.[2]