Anatoly Zima (Russian: Анатолий Зима) was a fictional former Russian intelligence operative of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). The character served as an antagonist in Dynamite Entertainment's 2017 James Bond graphic novel, Solstice.
Biography[]
A former-FSB operative, Anatoly Zima was excommunicated from the Kremlin following a series of authority-related issues; notably including beating an MI6 agent to death with a baton. In the mid-2010s, whilst working for a small rogue cell of international expatriates, Zima wooed Solstice, an estranged relative of MI6 chief, M. The disgraced agent intended to use the girl to compromise M and ingratiate himself with his former Russian masters. Approaching Christmas, the pair attended a performance of The Nutcracker and, receiving CCTV intel that James Bond had forced entry into his Parisian flat, Zima excused himself to intercept 007 at his hotel. The encounter ended with Bond strangling the Russian to death. Shortly afterwards he replied to Solstice's concerned text messages as Zima; "confessing" that he was married and was not to be contacted again. He threw Zima's phone in the Seine.