| “ | Irina, take a hike! | „ |
| ~ Zukovsky |
| “ | Walther PPK, 7.65 Millimeter, Only three men I know use such a gun... I believe I've killed two of them. | „ |
| ~ Zukovsky recognizes Bond in GoldenEye with a surprised gun pointed at. |
Valentine Zukovsky is a supporting character in 007 movie’s GoldenEye and the tritagonist/Anti-Hero in The World is Not Enough.
He is a fictional ex-KGB intelligence officer turned Russian mafia head who runs a bar, a casino, and a caviar factory, and he also gets lame after Bond shot him in the leg and he stolen him even his car and "his girl.".
He is played by the late Robbie Coltrane, who also played Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter franchise and Lord Dingwall in The Brave.
History[]
GoldenEye[]
While Bond is looking for Janus, along with Jack Wade, he decides to ask Zukovsky for help, although has caused several troubles in the past, referring to his wallet as a favor, by going to his nightclub in San Pietrobugo.
Bond takes Zukovsky by surprise as he is walking out of the bar by pointing his PPK, 7.65 Millimeter pistol at him and Zukovsky immediately realizes that it is Bond saying that he has already killed two of the three who have that pistol. But Bond is in turn taken by surprise by Zukovsky's henchmen.
Once they get comfortable, Bond asks Zukovsky to do him the favor he wanted, but at first the latter laughs at him by telling him that his knee hurts more and more, every day of the year, and that when it's cold (of which in Russia there is often) the pain doubles. Bond then teases Zukosky's wife, and Zukosky chases her away and shoots near Bond.
Eventually, Bond manages to convince him after he bribes him with military equipment and to earn more money, he also reveals that when he shot him in the leg, he had a deadly effect. In return he gives him information about Janus and then Bond leaves.
He gave a little bit of a grudge towards Bond, but he thought it wasn't worth it and also makes a fortune in a beluga caviar factory.
The World is Not Enough[]
Zukovsky runs a casino in Turkey, in Istanbul, in a truly hideous way.
It turns out that Bullion is in business with Elektra King and they blew up Valentin's radio facility and in the former KGB (now FSB) shelter, Zukkovsky used it to contact his nephew Nikolai in the Victor-III class submarine, so Valentin when he finds Bullion kills him by shooting him.
Bond then visits Zukvosky to ask him about Victor Zokas threatening Elektra King, but it is revealed that Zukovsky is allied with Elektra King.
After Elektra tries to kill Valentin and captures Bond, Valentin teams up with Bond and raids his mafia henchmen into Elektra's shelter, and threatens her, "I'm looking for a submarine, it's big, black, and the driver is a very good friend of mine! Bring it to me! ". He tells her to bring her nephew's sailor hair, but then Elektra shoots him through the hair.
Before he dies, with his last strength, Zukovsky shoots with his rifle, embedded in the walking stick, one of the bracelets of the chair that holds Bond imprisoned, so that Bond breaks free and immediately kills Elektra, avenging Zukosvky.
