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“ | There is a price for everything in this city. You just have to find out what it is. | „ |
~ Ray Bulgarin |
“ | If the money tells you to cut your f-cking legs off, you'll do it! Because the money is better than a f-cking leg. The money is making the plans. That's the American way. | „ |
~ Ray Bulgarin |
“ | You can't shoot me! You'll blow whole plane up! | „ |
~ Ray's last words as he held a grenade within his private jet to try and deter Luis from killing him, only to be shot in the chest. |
Ray Bulgarin (Russian: Рэй Бoлгарин 1958-2008) is one of the two overarching antagonists (along with Darko Brevic) of the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV and the main antagonist of its 2009 midquel The Ballad of Gay Tony.
He is one of the arch-enemies of Niko Bellic, and the arch-nemesis of Luis Fernando Lopez.
He is a notorious European crime lord and the leader of the Bulgarin Bratva who became known for his large human trafficking operations. Upon emigrating into Liberty City, Bulgarin seeks to reclaim his lost diamonds stolen from him by the Cook; exact retribution on his employee Niko Bellic and expand his criminal empire that leads him into conflict with Luis Fernando Lopez in the end.
He was voiced by Vitali Baganov, who also played Valery in The Sopranos.
History[]
Backstory[]
Bulgarin was born in 1958 and has a sister named Galina. After coming to Liberty City, he established his own criminal organization, the Bulgarin Bratva, and became a human trafficker, once being arrested for receiving an entire ship full of nothing but Albanian sex slaves. After serving his time and being deported back to Europe, he re-established the business across the Adriatic Sea. One of his men was Niko Bellic, who was wanted dead by Bulgarin after one of his ships sank, as he believed Niko was the one responsible. Niko escaped to Liberty City, and Bulgarin followed him. Coincidentally enough, the ship that took Niko to Liberty City is the same one where Bulgarin's stolen diamonds are kept, in the hands of The Cook
Return to Liberty City[]
In 2008, Bulgarin and his right-hand man Timur resurfaced in Liberty City. Thereupon he met up with his old acquaintance - fellow Russian mobster Dimitri Rascalov. As it turns out, Niko was working for Dimitri to the point of killing his mob boss Mikhail Faustin under the pretense of having to avoid a potential gang war with the latter's gangland rival Kenny Petrovic. After Faustin's death, Dimitri offered Niko to Bulgarin as he stopped being useful to him and became a liability. Bulgarin and Dimitri ambushed Niko, but he manages to survive with the help of his friend Little Jacob. Thereafter, Niko and his cousin Roman were forced to move to Bohan after Dimitri burns down Roman's apartment and taxi headquarters, partly in order to avoid Bulgarin as well.
Soon enough, Bulgarin proceeds to settle himself in the city by imprisoning his sister Galina in a cage and taking over her house. He then tried to expand his business and buy whatever he wants, including the Maisonette 9 nightclub from "Gay" Tony Prince and the Liberty City Rampage hockey team from Marki Ashvilli. This was when Bulgarin believed that "everything has a price, you just have to find out what it is", and soon he hires Tony's bodyguard Luis Fernando Lopez to assist him with the hockey team acquisition. He first orders him to kill a corrupt NOOSE team which was hired by Marki to place dirt on Bulgarin. When Ashvilli still doesn't sell Bulgarin the Rampage, he sends out Luis and Timur to kill him, which they do.
Betraying Luis[]
Eventually, Bulgarin discovers that Tony and Luis are the ones who have the diamonds after they got them from the Cook. Enraged at this discovery and assuming that Luis had turned against him, Bulgarin set up an ambush to kill him and get the diamonds back. Welcoming him to his house, Bulgarin falsely claims that Luis needs to cover Timur's back as he will talk to some people - during which he potentially kills his sister along the way because she insulted him one time too much. When he makes it to the place, he orders Luis to open a box on the roof through the phone, which contains the Cook's cut off head inside. Bulgarin makes it clear he'll do his best to kill Luis and Tony. Luis then kills the assassins send after him.
Later on, in one of the many crossovers between GTA IV and its DLCs, Luis and Tony meet up with Niko and his associate Patrick McReary to make a deal; Niko and Packie will hand over the daughter of the mob boss Giovanni Ancelotti if Luis and Tony, who works for the Ancelotti Family, will hand over the diamonds on behalf of the rival Pegorino Family. They do so, and it goes well until Bulgarin ambushes the meeting with his men, trying to kill his enemies and get the diamonds back. Ultimately, no one gets the diamonds as one of Bulgarin's men decided to throw them into a truck and Bulgarin fails yet again.
Dimitri is eventually killed by Niko, and Bulgarin uses the opportunity to get his heroin and escape from Liberty City on a plane. Luis, not willing to let Bulgarin get away with it, ambushes the operation and kills Bulgarin's men, including Timur.
Death[]
Learning from Timur that Bulgarin is leaving Liberty City, Luis catches up to Bulgarin and enters his plane. After killing his men, Bulgarin pulls out a grenade and reveals that if he dies, the grenade blows up and takes the plane down with it. Luis decides to take his chances and shoots Bulgarin in the chest, before escaping from the plane in a parachute as it sinks into the sea.
Ironically, Ray's diamonds were found by a homeless man, Jerry Kapowitz.
Relationship[]
Friends
- Dimitri Rascalov †
- Timur †
- Niko Bellic (formerly)
- Luis Fernando Lopez (formerly)
- Tony Prince (formerly)
Enemies
- Niko Bellic (arch-nemesis)
- Luis Fernando Lopez (second arch-nemesis: killer)
- Tony Prince
- Yusuf Amir
- The Cook †
- Roman Bellic
- Little Jacob
- Patrick McReary
- Gerald McReary
- Galina Bulgarin (his sister)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His surname (Bulgarin) comes from the Bulgarian word for a Bulgarian citizen (българин/bulgarian). Niko uses the Bulgarian pronunciation, while many of the other characters (including Ray himself) pronounce it with a U (as in Булгарин).
- His full name is often incorrectly stated to be "Rodislav". This fake name first appeared on Wikipedia's article List of Grand Theft Auto IV characters. This mistake has even spread to such external websites as IMDB.
External Links[]
- Ray Bulgarin on the Near Pure Evil Wiki
- Ray Bulgarin on the Grand Theft Auto Wiki