[classic swim]

Fuck this beer for spilling all over my chair.

- Crime and Punishment. • 2008 Niko’s first assignment for Mikhail Faustin & Dimitri Rascalov was taking a shipment of television sets from Petrovic.

... • 2008 Killing useless Vlad had the opposite effect of demise, and Niko began working directly under Faustin Bratva. Russian Mob picked up where the Colombian Cartel left off in Liberty City. Seemingly becoming the present and future of the drug trade internationally. They rival the Mafia, which is surprisingly as powerful as ever. Only more in the shadows since Salvatore was whacked.

*pop* ”EYYYYYE agree!”

Niko: If he is an asshole, yes.

“So, Niko Bellic. You think it’s okay to kill my employees?” - Mikhail Faustin

... • 2008 Roman could feel the lightness of his life flickering away. He was complicit in the monster that awakened from his cousin a long time ago. Vlad’s body was forever lost to the sea. The confrontation at Comrades Bar making the Bellic cousins easy to identify.

“When I was in the army... we were going on a mission... There were fifteen of us. All boys from the village. But one of us betrayed the group. It was a setup... for money! Twelve people died, three escaped. I know the traitor was not me... So for ten years I've been searching for the other two. One of them lives here.” - Niko Bellic

Stole a cardboard cutout of the mattress sheep mascot.

- Uncle Vlad. • 2008 Niko & Roman chase Vlad all across Broker. Niko’s determined that this bloated russki cunt should not be among the living.

Niko: I’m not going to stand here and have you call me disloyal. You might let some Russian asswipe bang your girlfriend, but I won’t.

Roman: YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE, Niko Bellic! A disloyal user!

Niko: You won't be seeing your boyfriend Ivan no more. You going to miss him? Vlad: No I'm not. I'm getting enough pussy at the moment. I tell you, is so much better if woman already have a man. Because you don't have to deal with all their shit all day. Take Mallorie, for example... Niko: Fuck you. Say this to my face and I will break you.

- Ivan The Not So Terrible. • 2008 Niko was given the tall order of murdering Ivan Bytchkov. Fortunately for Ivan, Niko doesn’t respect Vlad nearly enough to go through with such an act just for him. Ivan’s told to steer clear from Hove Beach.

“That prick Vlad making me kill this guy. Man!” - Niko

“Bang, bang, you are dead.” - Vlad

- Clean Getaway. • 2008 A fancy Blista Compact out in Steinway is stolen and brought to Vlad’s lockup for Mikhail.

- Hung Out to Dry. • 2008 Irony seems lost on Niko Bellic that in few days time with Vlad, he’s become the kind of person who picks on his cousin. Intimidating laundromat owners for money.

Roman: Haha! I’m sitting here with Brucie... we’re sitting here and calling the cops and watching them show up and look around. The fucking stupid bastards. Niko: You shouldn’t cry wolf, Roman. Who knows when you will really need help.