The Baby

The Baby is a fictional character in the book Empire of Blood. Mr. Riley is just the decoy as a face of who runs New York. Russell Enterprises, LLC was used as a massive cover for drug trafficking, an international corporation, used to invest or buy in other companies. The real 'The Baby" is Nadiya Fedorovna Koshkin.

The Baby used Mr. Riley as a decoy to Ivan Knyazev in order to talk him into connecting with a Russian oligarch. The Baby promised Knyazev that in return his restaurants can become a business chain and that he would be helping his homeland in Russia. Dealing with 'The Baby' is a tricky situation that gets your hope up, just to get the rug pulled from under your feet. The Baby is short for Babylon, unknown to most. Most of the time, Mr. Riley's face is hidden in the shadows when there is a meeting taking place with many of the underworld criminals. They just see a small person in the shadows without seeing his actual face. He would stay silent while Nadiya speaks in a disguised voice causing the illusion that he is the one talking.