Russian Mafia
The Russian Mafia (Русская мафия, Russkaya Mafiya) or Bratva are a gang that appear in Grand Theft Auto 2 and again briefly in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and very big in Grand Theft Auto IV.
GTA 2
The Russian Mafia, in GTA 2, are led by Jerkov and are experts in contract killings and gun running. They are located in the Industrial Sector and are in a rivalry with the Hare Krishna and in an intense rivalry with The Zaibatsu Corporation. Jerkov hires Claude Speed to kill Zaibatsu gang members, save Jerkov from assassins and killing other Russian drug dealers, amongst other things. Their favorite radio station being KGBH, a pun on the Soviet. Other members include: Ivan, Uncle Vanka, Bilovski, Ziggy Pole, Lodov, Shagski, Sandra Tito and Chesti-Kov.
GTA San Andreas
The Russian Mafia only appear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for a short time, wearing a black t-shirt or grey sweater, jacket and pants. Though they have no permanent stake in the state, they have claimed the Atrium as a temporary turf in a mission, and also appear in league with the Ballas, Vagos and Rifas in Big Smoke's "Crack Palace." Their influence is obviously felt considerably more overseas, but after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russian mobsters flooded into America.
GTA IV
| GANG Russian Mafia | |
|---|---|
| Games: | |
| Type: | Russian Crime Syndicate |
| Enemies: | Niko Bellic, The Lost Brother Hood, the East Island Posse, McReary Family |
| Vehicles: | black Schafters and Reblas with rims and body kits.Usually they drives random cars. |
| Weapons: | Pistol, Uzi, Pump Shotgun |
| Fronts: | Comrades Bar, Perestroika, A sex shop in Delaware Avenue |
| Members: | Vladimir Glebov, Mikhail Faustin, Dimitri Rascalov, Kenny Petrovic, Ivan Bytchkov, Rodislav Bulgarin |
The Russian Mafia in Grand Theft Auto IV are a big and influential gang based in the south part or Broker, Liberty City. Members can be seen all over Hove Beach, Firefly Island and Beachgate in large numbers. They wear many different things including suites, Russian hats, leather gloves, army bottoms, black/diamond turtle necks and green/brown suite jackets. Some have tattoos on there hands, some have a Soviet hammer & sickle on the back of the hand, some have a cross in the palm and some have a tattoo on the back of the hand which one can't identify as its too hard to see, there are two of these. The Russian Mafia is made up of two families: the Petrovic Family and the Faustin Family.