A joint operation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) leads to the death of the younger brother of an Azerbaijani people mobster. In retaliation, the mobster hires an assassin known only as the "Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)" to kill an unidentified American target. The Jackal demands $70 million for the job, to which the mobster agrees. Meanwhile, the MVD capture one of the mafia's henchmen. During the interrogation, the henchman reveals the name "Jackal". This, coupled with documents recovered from his briefcase, leads the FBI and MVD to assume the target for the retaliatory hit is FBI Director Donald Brown.