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In the mid 90s, he "explotied a loophole in the US immigration treaty" to move to [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]], as did Mikhail. Mikhail moved with his wife and young daughter, while Dimitri remained single his whole life. Dimitri was arrested in 1998 and 2000 for extortion and hijacking, respectively. In following years, Mikhail's addictions to alcohol and cocaine caused his anger and paranoia to spiral out of control. Dimitri abused painkillers, but remained calm. While Mikhail had taken to an extreme level of violence, even by organized crime standards, Dimitri favored reasoning with people to maximize profits (although he could still intimidate people if necessary, as seen in [[Do You Have Protection?]]), telling Mikhail time and time again that they had to "play by the rules".

Dimitri first met [[Niko Bellic]] when he and his cousin [[Roman Bellic|Roman]] were kidnapped and interrogated for killing Mikhail's employee [[Vlad Glebov]]. Mikhail and Dimitri agreed to let Niko [[Crime and Punishment|begin working for them]], while Roman's wounds were treated. While Dimitri shows a kind gesture in having Roman's wounds stitched, he smugly tells Niko that the situation is "a problem for you and your cousin, not me", which foreshadows his betrayal. Later on, Mikhail orders Niko to kill [[Lenny Petrovic]], the son of the country's most powerful Russian mobster [[Kenny Petrovic]], because Mikhail has a vague, unfounded suspicion that Lenny is a snitch. Dimitri tries to reason with Mikhail, saying Lenny Petrovic is dating his cousin, but to no avail.

Dimitri first met [[Niko Bellic]] when he and his cousin [[Roman Bellic|Roman]] were kidnapped and interrogated for killing Mikhail's employee [[Vlad Glebov]]. Mikhail and Dimitri agreed to let Niko [[Crime and Punishment|begin working for them]], while Roman's wounds were treated. While Dimitri shows a kind gesture in having Roman's wounds stitched, he smugly tells Niko that the situation is "a problem for you and your cousin, not me", which foreshadows his betrayal. Later on, Mikhail orders Niko to [[Final Destination|kill]] [[Lenny Petrovic]], the son of the country's most powerful Russian mobster [[Kenny Petrovic]], because Mikhail has a vague, unfounded suspicion that Lenny is a snitch. Dimitri tries to reason with Mikhail, saying Lenny Petrovic is dating his cousin, but to no avail.

A few days later, Dimitri meets with Niko privately, claiming that Kenny Petrovic would spare them both if Niko were to [[The Master and the Molotov|kill Mikhail]]. It's possible that Dimitri lied, but Niko seems to have never gotten any trouble from Petrovic as promised. When Niko was [[Russian Revolution|supposed to collect his payment]], Dimitri revealed that he was allied with [[Ray Bulgarin]], who employed Niko as a human trafficker across the Adriatic Sea until he blamed him for a sinking ship. Niko escaped with the aid of his friend [[Little Jacob|"Little" Jacob Hughes]], but failed to kill Dimitri or Bulgarin -- both would continue to pursue Niko from then on. The same day, his cousin Roman's apartment building and taxi depot were burned down. After they went into hiding in [[Bohan]], he discovered that Roman still frequented a gambling den in [[Broker]]; Dimitri [[Roman's Holiday|had Roman kidnapped]] to try to lure Niko to his death, but Niko [[Hostile Negotiation|successfully rescued his cousin]].

A few days later, Dimitri meets with Niko privately, claiming that Kenny Petrovic would spare them both if Niko were to [[The Master and the Molotov|kill Mikhail]]. It's possible that Dimitri lied, but Niko seems to have never gotten any trouble from Petrovic as promised. When Niko was [[Russian Revolution|supposed to collect his payment]], Dimitri revealed that he was allied with [[Ray Bulgarin]], who employed Niko as a human trafficker across the Adriatic Sea until he blamed him for a sinking ship. Niko escaped with the aid of his friend [[Little Jacob|"Little" Jacob Hughes]], but failed to kill Dimitri or Bulgarin -- both would continue to pursue Niko from then on. The same day, his cousin Roman's apartment building and taxi depot were [[Roman's Sorrow|burned down]]. After they went into hiding in [[Bohan]], he discovered that Roman still frequented a gambling den in [[Broker]]; Dimitri [[Roman's Holiday|had Roman kidnapped]] to try to lure Niko to his death, but Niko [[Hostile Negotiation|successfully rescued his cousin]].

In the next month or so, he allied himself with Italian mob boss [[Giovanni Ancelotti]] to profit from mafia rackets. His first action was to extort deputy mayor [[Bryce Dawkins]] to help them control construction unions, blackmailing with knowledge of his gay affair with [[Bernie Crane]]. Coincidentally, Niko was an old friend of Bernie's and [[Union Drive|stopped]] the blackmailers. Niko then allied himself with [[Jon Gravelli]] and [[Liquidise the Assets|destroyed their shipment of cocaine]].

In the next month or so, he allied himself with Italian mob boss [[Giovanni Ancelotti]] to profit from mafia rackets. His first action was to extort deputy mayor [[Bryce Dawkins]] to help them control construction unions, blackmailing with knowledge of his gay affair with [[Bernie Crane]]. Coincidentally, Niko was an old friend of Bernie's and stopped the blackmailers. Niko then allied himself with [[Jon Gravelli]] and destroyed their shipment of cocaine

== Death ==

At the end of the game, Dimitri offered to buy heroin from [[Jimmy Pegorino]], who had Niko working for him at the time. Pegorino was made aware of their feud, but still as [[One Last Thing|asked]] Niko to participate in the deal. The player is then given the choice of whether Niko will participate in the deal and be paid, or rebel and kill Dimitri. Dimitri is killed by Niko in either scenario.