Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-27700324-20180209043239/@comment-26537965-20180210132628

Taken from his personality section on his wiki page: However, Anatoly does still hold onto his friendship with Oliver as he was visibly affected when Oliver lectured him on how he has fallen and he did warn Oliver that his best men were staying behind in Star City to get revenge on Oliver's team. If he had truly wanted Oliver dead, he would have let them take Oliver by surprise because Oliver knew they were arrested, but not out on bail. He also did not expose his secret to the public and did not attempt to hurt or use William as hostage against Oliver and attempted to force Oliver to surrender by pointing out he was outnumbered rather than shooting him upright.