User blog comment:Alexguy96/Doesn't Dima Mayakovsky die when trying to stop the bomb in Paris?/@comment-4563909-20111031230458

The mission "Kaffarov" takes place BEFORE the nuclear detonation in Paris. This can be proven because Vladimir, Dima's squadmate, is alive in "Kaffarov". He was killed in "Comrades" due to the giant shrapnel that penetrated the upper portion of his chest. Dima, however, did not die. He acquired radiation poisoning (note the nuke was a suitcase nuke that was detonate some distance away). At the end of the game, it is implied he will commit suicide, but that is unconfirmed.