Ray Bulgarin

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Character

Rodislav Bulgarin
Bulgarin, as he appears in The Ballad of Gay Tony. Bulgarin, as he appears in The Ballad of Gay Tony. Bulgarin, as he appears in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Appearances	[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IV The Ballad of Gay Tony]]
Full Name	Rodislav Bulgarin
Aliases	Ray
Gender	Gender::Male
Date of Birth	1958
Place of Birth	Russia
Date of Death	[[|2008]][[DOD::2008| ]]
Age at Death
Nationality	Russian
Home	Liberty City
Family	Unnamed Sister
Main Affiliations	Timur Tony Prince Luis Fernando Lopez Dimitri Rascalov
Vehicles	Shamal XL Private jet Marbelle (GTA IV) Landstalker (GTA IV TBOGT)
Businesses	Human trafficking Drug Trafficking
Voiced by	Vitali Baganov
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Rodislav "Ray" Bulgarin is a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV and the major antagonist in The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Biography

Bulgarin is a Russian mobster who had immigrated to Liberty City in the 1980s, only to be deported after being arrested on human trafficking charges. At some point following his deportation he moved to the Mediterranean, where he lived in a large mansion overlooking the Adriatic Sea. He ran a smuggling operation from there, transporting both people and goods. He employed Niko Bellic, who smuggled people into Italy from Eastern Europe, until one run in which the ship sank, and Niko was forced to abandon ship. Bulgarin blamed Niko for this loss, and sought to hunt him down; Niko joined the merchant navy to escape Bulgarin's influence within Europe, and eventually escaped to Liberty City.

At some point, Bulgarin returned to America and met up with his old friend Dimitri Rascalov, who was at the time coincidentally an employer of Niko. Dimitri offered Niko to Bulgarin without hesitation, as a token of friendship; Niko escaped the ambush with the help of Little Jacob.

Bulgarin crossed paths with Luis Lopez and Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince, and hired Luis to assist him in acquiring Liberty City's professional hockey team, the Liberty City Rampage, but at some point they had a falling out. This lead to the demise of Marki Ashvilli, the hockey team owner and his private army when Luis was sent to eliminate them.

Finding out that The Cook was part of the diamond deal, he killed and beheaded him, leaving his head in a box on a rooftop for Luis to find when he walked into an ambush Bulgarin had set up.

He later encounters both Niko and Luis for a final time when Niko and Luis are representing opposing parties (the McReary Family and the Ancelotti Family) in an hostage exchange. The Ancelottis offered the McRearys a large quantity of diamonds in exchange for Don Ancelotti's daughter, Gracie, whom the McRearys had kidnapped. The exchange goes awry however when Bulgarin shows up and claims that the diamonds are in fact rightfully his.

Luis went after Rodislav's right hand, Timur, and the heroin left from Dimitri Rascalov; he destroyed the heroin and killed Timur, before heading after Rodislav, who was preparing to leave the city on his jet. With the help of Yusuf Amir, Luis managed to break into Rodislav's jet and face him after taking out several bodyguards. Despite threatening to destroy the aircraft with a grenade, Luis shot and killed him, causing him to drop the grenade and tearing off the cockpit. Luis escaped via parachute.

Mission Appearances

• Russian Revolution (GTA IV)
• Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (GTA IV)
• Boulevard Baby (TBOGT - Cutscene)
• Ladies Half Price (TBOGT - Cutscene)
• Dropping In... (TBOGT - Boss)
• Going Deep (TBOGT - Boss)
• In the Crosshairs (TBOGT - Boss)
• Departure Time (TBOGT-Killed)

Trivia

• Ray Bulgarin is the right hand man to Dimitri Rascalov.
• Ray's hobby is collecting celebrity memorabilia (notably sports and rock band memorabilia).
• Ray Bulgarin has a unnamed sister who he keeps prisioner in the attic at his home.
• Ray has two cars a Blue Marbelle which he drives on GTA IV and a Dark Blue Dundreary Landstalker which he drives on The Ballad of Gay Tony.
• Ray Bulgarin's favorite swearword is "Cunt".
• Famous Ray Bulgarin quote is "YOU ARE DEAD,DEAD,DEAD,DEAD!" which he says on The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Gallery

• Rodislav Bulgarin as depicted in the original GTA IV. He dons a significantly different outfit in this game.

  Rodislav Bulgarin as depicted in the original GTA IV. He dons a significantly different outfit in this game.