Nikolei Drevin appears in Ark Angel. Drevin is a famed Russian billionaire, owning many hotels, businesses and even a football (soccer) club- Stratford East. While generally viewed as a philanthropist, his wealth was actually attained with the help of the Russian Mafia. He is the mastermind behind the "Ark Angel" space hotel project. Nikolei becomes acquainted with Alex Rider when the teen saves his son, Paul from Force Three, an organization of eco-terrorists. He then invites Alex to "two weeks of more luxury you have ever had". When Alex is visiting the launch site of his space hotel, Ark Angel, Nikolei discovers Alex's assignments with MI6. He then orders his head of security, Magnus Payne, to kill him. Alex is then taken to a ship wreck where he is dumped and rescued by Nikolei's assistant, Tamara Knight, an undercover CIA operative. While eavesdropping on Nikolei, Alex and Tamara Knight are found. He then takes Alex to the "main hangar". He then reveals to Alex his plan to sabotage his own (failing) Ark Angel project so he could reacquire the money from an insurance company; Force Three, as it turns out, was actually created by Drevin to provide him with a convenient scapegoat so that he himself wouldn't be suspected. He plans to have the wreckage of the hotel fall on Washington D.C. so that he may destroy the CIA records of his criminal activities in the process. Drevin, while trying to shoot Alex, accidentally shoots his own son Paul Drevin. Infuriated, Nikolei climbs onto his waterplane to try and kill Alex. Unbeknownst to him, however, Alex had previously tied two canoes to the plane to prevent its use. The canoes weigh down the plane, causing Drevin to crash into a thicket of trees, killing him.
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Nikolei Drevin
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