Guys,I´m pretty sure Niko will be a more deep character than the others-
Reasons to believe Niko´s russian:
-When you hear eastern Europe>Russian
-Stereotypical accent>Russian
-Stereotypical look>Russian
-Russia themed music in trailer music and scenes
Reasons to believe Niko´s not Russian,instead possibly Yugoslav
-The name,Nikolai is russian,but Bellic isn´t,names ending with ic are extremely common in Balkan.
-"Zdravo Burazeru" is "Hi Brother/cousin" in Bosnian,although with a slightly different accent,much used by people from Sarajevo,the capital of Bosnia.
- From an Interview with OXM: You've talked about picking culturally different neighbourhoods. Can you reveal any of the gang cultures apart from the Russians? Dan Houser(!): I can't reveal gangs too much yet, but one of the things that appealed to us about a) this character (who isn't actually Russian, he's from Eastern Europe) [...]
Now you GOTTA believe one of the creators of Rockstar Games right ?
*Off topic: What are those "dollars" under your join date ?