Nikolai Zinoviev

Nicholai was a ruthless Umbrella operative, and a member of the U.B.C.S., Monitor, and the Watchman Team. Though he survived his mission in Raccoon City, his whereabouts since the dissolution of Umbrella is unknown.

Raccoon City Outbreak
Nicholai was the leader of Team C when the U.B.C.S. was sent into Raccoon City by Umbrella. As a Supervisor, his mission was to gather combat data on the zombies and B.O.W.s. However, in order to get more shares and data for himself, he murdered other Supervisers. Though he comitted most murders in secret when he could, he declared one fellow Supervisor was infected and about to transform to, in order to avoid retribution when he was caught in the act.

He crossed paths with Jill Valentine when she came across the tram Nicholai and fellow U.B.C.S members Carlos and Mikhail Victor were using as a base.

On the early hours of October, Carlos investigated the Raccoon City General Hospital and Murphy Seeker was killed, screaming for mercy. This time Nicholai attempted to kill Carlos. Although Carlos was not a superviser, and so would not earn pay for the data, Nicholai saw him as a threat and could tell everyone he killed the other's.

He comes into conflict with Jill Valentine even going as far to attempt to kill her. His fate is unknown, as the player's choice affects his outcome. If Jill pushes Nemesis off the bridge, Nicholai is killed by the Nemesis in an attempt at killing her. If Jill jumps off the bridge, he has two other fates. If Jill does jump,he takes the last helicopter, and Jill has the choice to either blow up his helicopter and kill him, or try reason with him, which allows him to escape.

As a part of Operation: Emperor's Mushroom, Nicholai and a U.B.C.S. squad were sent to retrieve a sample of blood from T-Thanatos. However, the Tyrant proved to be too much for the team to handle, so Nicholai was forced to enact the contingincy plan, destroying Raccoon University and killing Dr Greg Mueller.

Nicholai is a member of the U.B.C.S. in the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse his character is radically different than that of Nicholai in Resident Evil 3 He is not an evil character like he was in the games but he is potrayed as being cocky and arrogant but he does try to save people. He dies saving Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) from the zombie dogs inside the Racoon High School Cafetaria ,although it is possible that he 'regenerates' and become a Zombie. He is played in the film by Zack Ward.