User blog comment:MyOpsAreBlackerThenYours/Which time period DLC would you prefer?/@comment-4676581-20120306160821/@comment-99.138.92.222-20120307023341

^Because in the Modern Warfare continuity, Russia, now run by the Ultranationalist Party, has (presumably) returned to communism. Zakhaev also said in MW1 that he feels that the current Russian government "prostituted" Russia to the Western powers, and that he longs for Russia to reclain its former glory, much like in the days of the Soviet Union.