Inspector Porfiry Ivanova was an Investigator for the Procurator's Office based out of Moscow in Russia. He was a tall man with dark eyebrows, as well as prominent lips and cheekbones. Ivanova was married, with an adult son named Yuri who served in the Russian military and was stationed in Afghanistan. Ivanova and his wife lived in a 2-room apartment on Dmitri Ulyanov Street. Ivanova was fluent in English as well as his native Russian.