Nikolai Kalinov

Nikolai Kalinov is a terrorist and former communist political leader in Moskochev, on the North Atlantic island of Paraká. In the early 2020s, he rules the Kalinov Cartel.
== History ==
Kalinov rose to power in 2018 as the Minister of the Populace under best friend Ivan Truchev, who became the general secretary of the Moskochevian Communist Party. The following year, in February 2019, Truchev was assassinated, with many believing the conspirator behind the attack was Kalinov. He succeeded Truchev as general secretary, becoming de facto dictator of Moskochev.
Kalinov's reign over the nation was marked by incessant spending and murderous tirades, costing the lives of several thousand civilians in ethnic cleansing black operations by the government. It is believed that at some point in either 2018 or 2019, Kalinov developed an intense mental illness that drove him to crave murder and inflict injury, apparently "fueling" him in some way. 
His murder sprees became so deadly that The Maccaviti, then a multinational intelligence organization of the Parakán Political Union, was dispatched to assassinate Kalinov in late October 2019, in Havana, Cuba. He survived the attack, however, and fled to South America, where he allegedly formed an organization known as "the Kalinov Cartel" - a highly organized criminal entity created for the sole purpose of fighting The Maccaviti.
Kalinov dropped off the radar in the summer of 2020, with many believing he secretly orchestrated several ascensions to power for dictators across the globe, most notably Xavier Sovrano Cisco in the Kingdom of Adrionis - a man who went on to persecute religious minorities in western Paraká.
=== September 27th Incident ===
Kalinov resurfaced on September 27, 2022. He launched an operation to kidnap Vince Torelli as he visited the Flint County Psychiatric Hospital, alongside Frankie Minelli and Paulie Cabrese of the Ferrone crime family, and Vince Williams of La Fuente Blanca.
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