Russian Mafia

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|caption = Flag of the Soviet Union, used by the Russian Mafia |game = GTA2 |game2 = SA |game3 = IV |locations = GTA 2
Lubyanka Docks, Industrial Sector, Anywhere City
GTA IV
Hove Beach, Firefly Island and Beachgate, Broker, Liberty City |leaders = GTA 2
Jerkov
GTA IV
Kenny Petrovic; Mikhail Faustin; Dimitri Rascalov |type = Russian Organised Crime Syndicate |enemies = GTA 2
The Zaibatsu Corporation; Hare Krishna
GTA San Andreas
[[Big Smoke
GTA IV
Niko Bellic|undefined|undefined|undefined|undefined |affiliations = GTA 2
Claude Speed
GTA San Andreas
Ballas; Los Santos Vagos; San Fierro Rifa
GTA IV
Niko Bellic |colors = GTA 2
Red,GTA San Andreas
Black,GTA IV
Various |cars = GTA 2
Bulwark
GTA San Andreas
Sentinel; Admiral; Feltzer
GTA IV
Schafter; Rebla; Super GT; Turismo; Banshee; Uranus; Ingot |weapons = GTA IV
Knife; Pistol; SMG; Uzi; AK-47; Shotgun; Sniper Rifle; RPG |businesses = GTA 2
Drug dealing
GTA San Andreas
Weapons trade
GTA IV
Weapons Trade; Human Trafficking; Murder; Extortion; Alcohol; Drugs |fronts = GTA 2
GTA San Andreas
GTA IV
Comrades Bar; Perestroika; Broker warehouses |members = GTA 2
Ivan; Uncle Vanka; Bilovski; Ziggy Pole; Lodov; Shagski; Sandra Tito; Chesti-Kov
GTA IV
Mikhail Faustin
Vlad Glebov
Dimitri Rascalov
Ivan Bytchkov
Sergei
Kenny Petrovic
Lenny Petrovic
Georgi
Vanya
Sergey
Ray Bulgarin
Timur}}

The Russian Mafia (Cyrillic: Русская мафия, Russkaya Mafiya) or Bratva (Братва) are a very big gang that appear in Grand Theft Auto 2, again in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and play a very large role in Grand Theft Auto IV.

They are inspired by thel Russian Mafia in America. This gang is very big and well armed in all of its apperiances. In each game they are trading weapons, drugs and more illigal activities. They use the old Soviet Union vlag as their gang sign, hinting the fact that they like their old country.

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 is KGBH, a pun on the Soviet KGB. Other members include: Ivan, Uncle Vanka, Bilovski, Ziggy Pole, Lodov, Shagski, Sandra Tito and Chesti-Kov. Their gang isn't so big in this apperiance.

GTA San Andreas

The Russian Mafia only appear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for a short time, only bein seen in three missions. They wear black t-shirts or grey sweaters, or matching jackets and trousers, and they use a wide arsenal of weapons. Though they have no permanent stake in the state, they have claimed the Atrium as a temporary turf in the mission Just Business, and also appear in league with the Ballas, Los Santos Vagos and San Fierro Rifa 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.

Standard Russian Mafia members. Secondary Russians. Supposed Russians that appear as normal mechanics, during "Gray Imports".

GTA IV

The Russian Mafia run the south and west parts of Broker, Liberty City. Most criminal activities in Broker are in the hands of the Russian Mafia In the beggining of the game you almost immidiatly begin to work for this gang trough Roman. Kenny Petrovic, Mikhail Faustin, and Dimitri Rascalov who took over after Faustin's death. Members can be seen all over Hove Beach, Firefly Island and Beachgate in large numbers, the majority of them appear to wear Russian caps. They may wear any of a variety of clothes, including suits, Russian fur hats, leather gloves, camo trousers, black/diamond-knit turtlenecks and green/brown suit jackets. Some have tattoos on their hands -- some have a Soviet Russia hammer and sickle on the back of the hand, some have a cross on the palm, and there are two other as-yet unidentified tattoos. The gangs known enemy is Niko Bellic. Unidentified Russians in fur hats and sunglasses will shoot at you in the Russian Shop should you open fire at the clerk; considering the store's nature and location, these are likely to be Russian Mafia members fulfilling their part of a protection racket. Russian's weapons range from Pistol's, a Combat Shotgun, or AK47's, Sometimes also wielding Micro Uzi's. The Russians are very loyal to each other. If Niko fires at one Russian, then other Russians within Niko's area will shoot at him. They are always many in number thus is this a hard fight for the player. The russian mobsters. most members always carry AK-47's but rarely they carry pistols. Regular members do always carry normal pistols but also rarely use AK-47's.

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Trivia

• In the GTA IV Era Next to The Lost MC the Russian Mafia play the biggest role in all three stories GTA IV, TLAD, and TBOGT. Especially GTA IV and TBOGT.

Glitch

• In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there is a way to gain more gang territory throughout the state of San Andreas. To exploit the glitch, fly a plane into the southwest or southeast corners of the map, and continue onwards in the respective direction; continue this for a long period (30 real-world minutes is suggested), then either fly back (which will take a long time), or drown oneself after the 30-minute mark. After returning or awaking at a hospital, a glitch will have occurred, and there will be gang territories visible all over San Andreas. The Russian Mafia can now be encountered in Las Venturas, usually wielding Pistols and Desert Eagles, and driving Feltzers, Sentinels, or Admirals.