Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-151.246.240.247-20130913120522/@comment-1672596-20131004102942

Spacecrab wrote: i kinda doubt that Raikov is related to Raiden in that way. i mean they look exactly the same and that was mainly as a joke. also raikov wouldnt have went to the US since he was a real patriot to the USSR. Paz is more likely related to Raiden then Raikov.

The Boss was also a patriot to America, yet that never stopped America from cutting her loose and killing her.

Not to mention thanks to Raikov most likely helping Snake defeat the ICBMG when it was launched towards America, he's most likely going to be considered a traitor to the USSR even if he wasn't even aware that Russia was not a target at all, but they knew about Gene's plan to launch against America (as can be inferred from Gene's call to Ocelot).

He probably isn't Raiden's dad (his sexuality alone made that obvious), but we really should wait and see, anyways, especially when his VA is confirmed for MGSV and there is a character in the Hospital sequence that has a very suspiciously similar appearance to Raikov.