Mikhail Akulov

Mikhail Sergeievich Akulov (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Акулов) is a fixer of the Soviet Union in Cyberpunk 2077.

Biography
Mikhail Akulov is the top fixer in the Soviet Union and, as such, represents their interests abroad. Akulov officially travels to Night City for a diplomatic business trip, however he is rumored to have been seduced by the freedom and capitalism the city brings. Regina Jones, the best fixer in Watson, hires V on behalf of a client to investigate this by bugging his car.

After the car has been bugged, V is tasked by Regina with stealing an encrypted datashard from Akulov's penthouse suite in the Hotel Raito. After entering, V overhears Akulov's output, Misha, begging him to stay in Night City because she likes it. Akulov refuses and claims the people of Night City are degenerates and ignorant of the success put in front of their faces. V can choose to kill Akulov in the course of taking the shard. After V departs the hotel with the shard in hand, Regina asks them to deliver it directly to the client, an unnamed lieutenant colonel in the Chinese military waiting not far from the hotel. The lieutenant colonel's bodyguard verifies the datashard, but its "Matryoshka" encryption is too complex to break on the spot, and they depart.

Based on messages found in Akulov's computers and V's brief encounter with the lieutenant colonel, Akulov had been hired by the Secretary General of the Soviet Union to personally negotiate a major arms deal with Arasaka that would place China at a disadvantage militarily. Akulov's prominence meant his trip to Night City attracted the attention of China, who had Akulov's car bugged, learned of the deal, and then had the datashard stolen to see what exactly the Soviets were trying to buy. At the time V breaks into Akulov's suite, the weeks of negotiations with Arasaka had hit a wall, and Akulov was seeking permission from the Secretary General to sweeten their offer.