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The film opens with Jason Monk, a former CIA agent with a 'gift' for turning double agents, investigating a series of bombings involving Hexogen and Semtex H explosives. He discovers that the FSB is using GPS tracking to eliminate witnesses and suspects that Igor Komarov, a former KGB officer and current presidential candidate, is orchestrating terrorist attacks to bolster his anti-terrorist campaign. Monk's former handler, Jordan Blackledge, is dismissive of these claims due to the US government's support for Komarov, but Monk is driven by a personal vendetta; Komarov was the supervisor who ordered the execution of Monk's five double agents years prior. While in Russia, Monk reunites with his friend Viktor and seeks out his estranged daughter, Elena. Elena, who was told her father was a dead traitor, is initially hostile. Meanwhile, a biological outbreak of the R-81 virus (a mutated Ebola strain) occurs in a Muslim village in Dagestan. Komarov uses the tragedy to his advantage, claiming terrorists stole the virus and then appearing as a hero by providing a 'vaccine' his company supposedly developed. Monk and FSB agent Sonia Astrova discover a 'Manifesto for a New Russia' on a hidden hard drive, which reveals Komarov's true plan: the 'Rising,' a program of ethnic cleansing targeting Muslims, Jews, and other minorities using genetically engineered viruses. Monk is eventually betrayed by Jordan Blackledge, who is revealed to be in league with Komarov for financial gain. Monk is captured and confronted by Komarov, who boasts about his plan to restore Russian pride through 'order out of chaos.' Monk manages to escape, kills his captors, and secures evidence of the ethnic cleansing map. On the day of Komarov's inauguration, the secret services and the public learn of the conspiracy. Massive protests erupt in Moscow. Komarov orders General Nikolahev to fire on the crowds to maintain order, but the General, a man of principle, refuses to be a 'butcher' and orders the soldiers to stand down. Komarov is arrested, and the biological threat is neutralized. The film ends with Monk reconciling with Elena and Sonia Astrova, now the head of the FSB, offering him a job to help rebuild the agency.