Rodislav Bulgarin

Rodislav Bulgarin is Niko Bellic's former employer and nemesis who is looking to have him eliminated for something he didn't do.

Biography

Rodislav Bulgarin is a character in Grand Theft Auto IV who Niko has worked for before. He is said to live in the Mediterranean, in the Adriatic, but moved to America to find Niko after Dimitri tipped him off. He was the leading man in a smuggling operation in the Adriatic in which Niko Bellic worked in under the title as a “Merchant sailor”, This was the lie was which Niko told his friends and family. Niko was employed for Bulgarin for quite a few years. His job was to smuggle people into Italy from Eastern Europe, he was also used to murder people who got in Bulgarin’s way. One smuggling operation which Niko was spearheading and supervising was intercepted by the police and then forced to flee the ship swimming for his life. The ship was taken as evidence by the police and Bulgarin felt that it was Niko’s fault. He then held a grudge and wanted compensation for his losses which Niko was not able to pay, which forced Niko to relocate to America.

Reference in Story

Later Bulgarin left to go to America to lie low to evade the authorities after also being tipped off by Dimitri. Once he reached America he entered a partnership with Dimitri Rascalov and found Niko through a set up planned by Dimitri after killing Faustin. Offering Niko to Bulgarin was a “gift” to make there partnership stronger and make their friendship and trust build.

Radislav Bulgarin

Bulgarin alongside with Dimitri also kidnapped Roman during one of his card games and took him to a warehouse in southwest Bohan but Niko managed to rescue Roman and escape back to their home. The last appearance of Bulgarin is in the mission “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”. In that mission he tries to take the Diamonds for himself and brings basically a personal army with him, but ends up not getting the Diamonds and Niko is not killed. Bulgarin does not make an appearance again in the game, but when searched in the police database at the end of the game he is listed as dead, no indication of the cause is listed however. The Diamonds are eventually found by Jerry Kapowitz as documented in the in game's fictitious internet.

Missions

Going Deep
Dropping In
In The Crosshairs

Other Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto IV

Russian Revolution
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

The Ballad of Gay Tony

Boulevard Baby
Departure Time

Trivia

Rodislav Bulgarin is voiced by Vitali Baganov

		Name	Platforms	Developer
		Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City released on Oct. 29, 2009	PC, PS3, X360	Rockstar North
		Grand Theft Auto IV released on April 29, 2008	X360, PC, PS3	Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto

Character Name:	Rodislav Bulgarin
Real Name:	Rodislave Bulgarin
Gender:	Male
Birthday:
Appears in:	2 games
First appearance:	Grand Theft Auto IV
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