Day 8 antagonists

This is a list of characters who were antagonists during Season 8.

Russian conspirators

 * Mikhail Novakovich - the Russian foreign minister and delegate to the peace accords; directly supported Samir Mehran's coup against President Omar Hassan
 * Pavel - Novakovich's hired Red Square assassin. Killed Samir Mehran to cover up Novakovich's connection, then assassinated Renee Walker on suspicion that she recognized him during the process.

Kamistan splinter cell

 * Samir Mehran: Co-conspirator in charge of Farhad's rendezvous point with plans and a crew of his own
 * Tarin Faroush: One of the conspiracy's leaders and deep cover operatives
 * Ahman: Technician who worked to arm the dirty bomb
 * Ali: Samir's lieutenant
 * Marcos Al-Zacar: One of Samir's men, he was chosen to eliminate Farhad Hassan
 * Hamid: Terrorist who helped Tarin escape from the NYPD
 * Dana Walsh: a mole at CTU working for Mehran
 * Navid: One of Samir's men, he oversaw the transfer of Omar Hassan to Samir
 * Farhad Hassan: Betrayed his brother Omar Hassan in an effort to make Kamistan a nuclear power
 * General Wasim: A leader of the elements in Kamistan who planned the coup against Omar
 * Farrin: Soldier loyal to Wasim
 * General Amiri & network of coup supporters: more than 65 of them were arrested by Omar's security forces, including a cousin of Jamot

Red Square crime syndicate

 * Sergei Bazhaev: Boss of the syndicate
 * Josef Bazhaev: Son and advisor of Sergei
 * Oleg Bazhaev: Younger son of Sergei suffering from radiation poisoning
 * Davros: Professional killer and gang sub-commander hired to assassinate Omar Hassan
 * Spotter: Worked beneath Davros, attempted to take out Victor Aruz
 * Sniper: Worked beneath Davros, attempted to take out Victor Aruz
 * Dimitri: Sergei's primary trigger man
 * Andre: Accomplice of Dmitri
 * Mikhail: Accomplice of Dmitri
 * Luka: Tasked by Bazhaev to transport the nuclear fuel rods
 * Anton: Driver of Luka's truck with the fuel rods
 * Bazhaev's bodyguard: One of Sergei's bodyguard who warned him when Farhad arrived.

American sedition group

 * General David Brucker: Influential military leader who plotted to kidnap Omar Hassan to placate terrorists, against the President's will
 * Rob Weiss: reluctant participant in Brucker's plot to subvert President Taylor
 * Adrion Bishop: serviceman loyal to Gen. Brucker & an opponent of President Taylor's decision
 * Donner: one of Bishop's men
 * Mathis: one of Bishop's men

Russian gun smugglers

 * Vladimir Laitanan: Powerful Russian gangster who was CTU's best lead in the Red Square investigation
 * Lugo Elson: Vladimir's lieutenant who implicitly mistrusted Renee Walker

Others

 * John Mazoni: Corrupt NYPD officer who mistook Jack Bauer for a cop killer and beat him severely
 * Kevin Wade: Used intimidation to blackmail Dana Walsh about her secretive past and to rob an NYPD evidence lock-up
 * Nick Coughlin: Kevin's friend who robbed the NYPD evidence lock-up and severely beat NYPD officer Chiarella

Before Day 8
The following three men, though not active during Day 8, were co-conspirators with Red Square until they were eliminated at the start of the day:


 * Victor Aruz: Leader of the group of smugglers hired by Red Square to escort Russian hitmen into the USA
 * Manuel Escobar: One of Victor's men who was killed before or at the start of Day 8
 * Mauricio Tellez: One of Victor's men who was killed before or at the start of Day 8

The following three men, though not criminally active during Day 8, were once part of Laitanan's Russian gang:


 * Ziya Dakhilov: An associate of Vladimir Laitanan under house arrest during Day 8
 * Andrew Gecelovsky: Arrested during Renee's sting operation six years earlier
 * Paul Gecelovsky: Arrested during Renee's sting operation six years earlier