Anatoli Knyazev

Publication Information

Superman : Anatoli Knyazev
Version : Man of Steel 2013
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Known As : The Russian
Type : Russian weapons and human trafficker
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Gender : Male
Origin : Russia
Season : Man of Steel
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Potrayer : Callan Mulvey
Main View : Full Episod

Anatoli Knyazev was a Russian weapons and human trafficker who was employed by Lex Luthor. Anatoli Knyazev was born on February 24,1975 in Russia. Nothing is known about Anatoli's childhood or his youth. Anatoli Knyazev is a ruthlessly cruel and malevolent man, completely obedient to the orders of his employer Lex Luthor, being more than willing to commit atrocities (such as to indirectly murder Cesar Santos, directly murder Jimmy Olsen, Kahina Ziri and many other Nairomians, as well as to burn Martha Kent alive) if ordered and payed by the latter to do so.

Nairomi Confrontation

Anatoli was working in Nairomi, Africa for a warlord who kidnapped Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. He intercepted Jimmy's camera, finding a tracking device. Following the orders of their real employer, Lex Luthor, Anatoli and his men killed all of the warlord's henchmen and destroyed the compound with Superman arriving soon after, throwing public perception against him, as many were left to suspect he was somehow involved in the deaths and the destruction.

Meeting Bruce Wayne

He later returned to the USA, where he attended an underground fight, losing money. After the fight, Anatoli briefly conversed with Bruce Wayne, where the latter successfully cloned his phone and later used it to discover that Anatoli worked for Luthor. Lois came to the same conclusion after investigating evidence from innovative alloy bullets used by him and his men, made specifically for them by LexCorp.

Killing the Actress

Anatoli stalked Kahina Ziri in an underground train station in Metropolis, then Kahina was waiting for a train, as soon the train approaches, Anatoli kills her by pushing her in to the track and the train runs over.

Kidnapping Martha Kent and Death

Anatoli soon was given another mission by Luthor, having his men take Martha Kent hostage while posing as a janitor in order to kidnap Lois. He brought her to Lex before returning to Martha, with direct orders to burn her to death in one hour unless Luthor contacted him and ordered otherwise.

Abilities

Expert Marksman : Knyazev is a highly skilled marksman, personalty dispatching most of the Nairomian terrorists in rapid succession.
Expert Infiltrator : Knyazev is highly skilled in infiltration, managing to easily get himself and his men employed by the Nairomian warlord Amajagh without the latter ever suspecting his true motives, and to later pose as a janitor in a building.
Expert Networker : Knyazev superbly uses his criminal connections to help his further the ambitions of his boss Lex Luthor.
Bilingualism : Knyazev, apart from his native Russian, also speaks fluent English, albeit with a slight Slavic accent.

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