Changes: Anton Beresch

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Anton Beresch was a Dawn Brigade separatist commander and the leader of the team that James Nathanson assembled to take over Ontario Airport.

Beresch worked with Nathanson and Ivan Erwich in obtaining the canisters of stolen Sentox VX nerve gas, that Vladimir Bierko would later use to strike against the US government.

Background

Date of Birth: 25 June 1961
Place of Birth: Grobnal, Kaukistan
Aliases: None known
Scars and marks: None known

Education

Grobnal Military Academy (graduated 1985)
Staprol Artillery School (graduated 1981)

Military

Dawn Brigade - Commander (appointed 4 January 2000)
Kaukistani Army - Chief of Staff
National Army - 7 years service

Before Day 5

Upon graduation from the Grobnal Military Academy, Beresch was assigned to Lovakia. In 1990, he was transferred to Vllniuk, Carpathia, and later assisted in suppressing the nationalist movement in Sithuania. In 1992, Beresch retired from the Soviet army and joined the nationalist Kaukistani Army, serving as its Chief of Staff. From 1995 to 1998, Beresch led rebel forces in combat against the Republic, until his removal from power and exile. In 2000, he was appointed a top commander of the Dawn Brigade.

Day 5

5x02k — Beresch shoots in the air as they take control.

During the second hour of Day 5, Beresch was in constant contact with James Nathanson. They both hoped the recent assassination of President David Palmer would cause President Charles Logan to delay the summit, but Logan insisted on continuing signing the Anti-terrorism treaty with Russia.

At 8:30am, Beresch was preparing his men (including his lieutenant, Vlad, Ibrim, Ishmael, Ivan, and Achmed) by loading weapons to a van. As they left, he talked to Nathanson confirming that they would be going dark in a while. Beresch and his men entered the Ontario Airport and took control of it, after Beresch exploded their own van to cause chaos. As people ran around, Beresch started shooting in the air and demanded everyone to be quiet. He then told the people that everyone would be safe if President Logan complied with their demands. ("Day 5: 8:00am-9:00am")

While Beresch and his men secured the terminal, a hostage tried to reach for his cellphone. Beresch noticed him and signaled one of his men to shoot it. He then informed the hostages that their survival depended on their cooperation, and ordered them to surrender all cellphones and pagers. When his right-hand man couldn't find Chevensky, he called Beresch. He told them to keep looking for him. Beresch then called Officer Mike McLaren and told him that they had hostages and some of his men had explosive vests. He threatened with detonating them, if the police made any attempt to retake the airport.

5x03c — Beresch records a live broadcast.

Beresch and his men then prepared a camera to make a live broadcast. At around 9:15am, they started transmitting. During the message, Beresch repudiated the treaty being signed by Presidents Logan and Suvarov as a farce and an offense to his suffering country. He then demanded both Presidents to publicly back off the treaty or he would kill all of the hostages. He gave them 90 minutes to decide. If Logan did not make a public announcement about calling off the signing, Beresch would kill a hostage every 15 minutes.

Some minutes later, Beresch received a call from Bill Buchanan at CTU, who told him the President had authorized him to speak on his behalf. Buchanan assured him that his demands had been handed to Logan, but then asked him if there was any other way they could address his demands. Realizing they wouldn't comply as easily, Beresch hung up the phone. He then picked a man from among the hostages and put him on his knees in front of the camera. As the man pleaded for his life, he told Beresch that he had a wife. Beresch simply replied "So do I" and coldly shot him in the head.

After executing his first hostage, Beresch grabbed 15-year-old Derek Huxley and decided he would be the next one to be executed. He told the camera that if President Logan didn't change his mind in 15 minutes, he would shoot Derek. As the deadline approaches, Beresch notices Derek getting desperate and breathing heavily. He told him to calm down and try to relax his breathing, which would make it easier for him. When Derek begged for his life, Beresch told him that his life was on President Logan's hands.

When he didn't receive reply from Logan, Beresch prepared to execute the young boy. At this point, one of his men's explosive vests went off. Beresch started running as his men scrambled around. His lieutenant argued that might've set up accidentally. Beresch then calls back his men to check their vests individually.

Beresch was then contacted by Nathanson, who informed him that former CTU agent Jack Bauer was in the airport and was responsible for the explosion. Bauer was also giving intel to CTU, preparing for a rescue operation to go underway. Nathanson also told him that Jack had a connection with one of the hostages, Derek Huxley. Beresch then reorganized his men and sent a feedback signal to scramble Jack's cellphone. He then used the intercom to call Jack out, as he threatened to kill Derek if he didn't comply. When he was about to shoot, Jack walked out and Beresch had him handcuffed. ("Day 5: 9:00am-10:00am")

S5e04f02 — Beresch, left, and a terrorist watch live news coverage.

With Bauer at his disposal, Beresch decided to use Bauer in order to learn CTU's playbook on the rescue operation. Beresch had Bauer tell CTU to scrap up their current plan of action, and get into the airport through the emergency exit. Beresch decided to place his men there, and ambush the CTU field agents.

Beresch's men later found Chevensky, who was dead. Chevensky had access to a keycard, and Beresch's men were able to find it. Beresch handed off the card to one of the hostages, who was later identified as Ivan Erwich. When Lynn McGill found a distress code in Bauer's message to them, Bill Buchanan had Curtis Manning call off his operation and return to the original plan. The operation proved to be a success, and CTU stormed into the airport.

First attempting to escape, Beresch learned that he was cornered and Bauer would eventually interrogate him to find out information. Beresch attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head, but Bauer shot him in the hand, making him drop his pistol. Beresch tried suicide again, this time by self-destructing one of the explosive vests and was successful.

Background information and notes

Kaukistan is a fictional country, referred to on the show as "one of the Russian breakaway republics." Vllniuk, Staprol, Grobnal, Lovakia, Carpathia, and Sithuania are also fictional.
The Dawn Brigade is a fictional "factional fighting force" based in "Kaukistan" and responsible for numerous bombings in Russia.
Beresch had a passport listing his nationality as "Russie" and his place of birth as Bratsk, U.S.S.R.

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 Beresch and his men then prepared a camera to make a live broadcast. At around 9:15am, they started transmitting. During the message, Beresch repudiated the treaty being signed by Presidents Logan and Suvarov as a farce and an offense to his suffering country. He then demanded both Presidents to publicly back off the treaty or he would kill all of the hostages. He gave them 90 minutes to decide. If Logan did not make a public announcement about calling off the signing, Beresch would kill a hostage every 15 minutes.
-Some minutes later, Beresch receives a call from [[Bill Buchanan]] at CTU, who told him the President had authorized him to speak on his behalf. Buchanan assured him that his demands had been handed to Logan, but then asked him if there was any other way they could address his demands. Realizing they wouldn't comply as easily, Beresch hung up the phone. He then picked a [[Unnamed civilians#Businessman hostage|man]] from among the hostages and put him on his knees in front of the camera. As the man pleaded for his life, he told Beresch that he had a wife. Beresch simply replied "So do I" and coldly shot him in the head.
+Some minutes later, Beresch received a call from [[Bill Buchanan]] at CTU, who told him the President had authorized him to speak on his behalf. Buchanan assured him that his demands had been handed to Logan, but then asked him if there was any other way they could address his demands. Realizing they wouldn't comply as easily, Beresch hung up the phone. He then picked a [[Unnamed civilians#Businessman hostage|man]] from among the hostages and put him on his knees in front of the camera. As the man pleaded for his life, he told Beresch that he had a wife. Beresch simply replied "So do I" and coldly shot him in the head.
 After executing his first hostage, Beresch grabbed 15-year-old [[Derek Huxley]] and decided he would be the next one to be executed. He told the camera that if President Logan didn't change his mind in 15 minutes, he would shoot Derek. As the deadline approaches, Beresch notices Derek getting desperate and breathing heavily. He told him to calm down and try to relax his breathing, which would make it easier for him. When Derek begged for his life, Beresch told him that his life was on President Logan's hands.

Anton Beresch

Nationality:	Kaukistani
Education:	Staprol Artillery School Grobnal Military Academy
Affiliation:	National Army Kaukistani Army Dawn Brigade Sentox nerve gas conspiracy
Rank:	Commander

Status:	Deceased
Played by:	David Dayan Fisher
Season(s):	5
First episode:	"Day 5: 8:00am-9:00am"
Last episode:	"Day 5: 10:00am-11:00am"