Master of Ceremonies
The first time our Crew heard the name “Belenko” was from Sammy Jefferson Jr. during their investigation in E02: Killing Her Softly. Back then they had no idea about the headache this name would cause them over the next year of their lives.
CPD officials would probably tell you that this crime family’s rise to power was sudden and unexpected. It followed the downfall of the Falzonni mafia in Blue-Collar District so closely and with such nonchalance that most consider it a calculated management decision than a result of a usual gang war.
Whichever it was, Belenkos were here to stay. And after firmly establishing their control in the Blue-Collar District they turned their eyes to that part of town no-one in the organized crime ever considered important enough to care: Cryfield.
The matriarch of the organization, Ruslana Belenko, made contact with Eddie in E03: Carnival of Machines. By the episode E05: Wolf Hunt, they have established a professional relationship based on exchange of small favours now and then. But as the time goes, the favours stop being so innocent and so far in between. In the finale of E05, Eddie solicited to Ruslana murdering Sammy Jefferson Jr. who held a compromising photograph of his. Slippery slope just got a lot more slippery.