 Two years later , on Salt and Mike 's wedding anniversary , a Russian defector named Oleg Vasilyevich Orlov ( Daniel Olbrychski ) walks in to Salt 's office . Salt interrogates him , with Winter and CIA counterintelligence officer Darryl Peabody ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ) observing . Orlov claims that , on " Day X , " highly trained Russian sleeper agents known as ' KAs ' will destroy the U.S. Orlov tells them that Agent " KA @-@ 12 " will assassinate Russian president Boris Matveyev ( Olek Krupa ) at the funeral of the American Vice President . Orlov reveals that KA @-@ 12 is named Evelyn Salt , and lie detectors confirm his entire story . Peabody orders Salt be detained , but Orlov kills two agents and escapes . In the confusion , Salt is able to escape as well , running barefoot through the street . While she is being chased , she discovers that Mike was kidnapped . 
