Vladislav Dukhovich is the main antagonist of The Hitman's Bodyguard. He is the former President of Belarus, who is responsible for numerous atrocities and crimes including massacres and genocides.
He is portrayed by Gary Oldman who also played Count Dracula, Drexl Spivey, Norman Stansfield, Egor Korshunov, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, Baron Ruber, Dr Zachary Smith, Mason Verger, General Grawl, Carnegie, Lord Shen, Dreyfus and Lord Vortech.
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Vladislav Dukhovich was a ruthless warlord who ruled Belarus with an iron fist. He killed people who disobeyed him, including the family of Professor Asimov. His regime came to the end when the people of Belarus rose up against him, and he was arrested for committing crimes against humanity.
Before this, Dukhovich hired Darius Kincaid, a hitman who had troubled past as an employer, to kill his political rival who is human rights activist but when Kincaid learns that Dukhovich's rival had children, it reminded him of losing his own father whom that he was close to as a child.
Kincaid abandons his assignment and Dukhovich orders his secret police to massacre the village which horrifies Kincaid, as he sees innocent people being brutally murdered. He secretly takes photographs to provide the evidence of Dukhovich's crimes against humanity leading to get arrested by the authorities.
When Kincaid was expected to testify against Dukhovich for his actions, for the freedom of his incarcerated wife Sonia that he deeply loved, Dukhovich send his henchman to kill the witness and victims who tried to testify so prosecution won't proceed.
Fruitfully search the evidence before Michael Bryce, a special agent who hired for escorting Kincaid 's protection but unknown to Bryce, Assistant Director Jean Foucher had been working for Dukhovich as his inside man & right-hand man to help him & his goons track down where Kincaid went to hiding with Bryce in Amsterdam, while Dukhovich sent his henchman Ivan to murder Kincaid.