Alexei Vukoja

Alexei, a character in the Foreign Affairs book, is a student at Vancross Institute and one of your classmates. Although he is first seen in Chapter 1, his name isn't revealed until Chapter 2.

Appearance
Alexei has brown eyes, short blond hair, and fair to tan skin. He wears a white shirt under a tan jacket.

Personality
His classmates have described him as an "egotistical maniac", and in the beginning, you feel he has superiority complex. While he may not be the most diligent student, he is still intelligent. He likes it when there is more to a person than meets the eye.

Foreign Affairs

 * Chapter 1: First Term Jitters
 * Chapter 2: Political Partying
 * Chapter 5: Horse Race
 * Chapter 6: Gesture Politics
 * Chapter 7: Bipartisan Showdown
 * Chapter 8: Smoke-Filled Rooms
 * Chapter 10: Spin Doctoring
 * Chapter 11: Fishing Expedition
 * Chapter 12: Bully Pulpit
 * Chapter 13: Mending Fences (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 14: Whistle Stop
 * Chapter 15: Witch Hunt (Determinant)
 * Chapter 16: Swing Vote

Your Character
You have Alexei in your Social Media class. Depending on your choices, you can increase your Diplomacy points with him and make him an ally. If you gain enough points with him and choose not to fake date him, he will come to your defense when other classmates laugh and chastise you for your scandal. If you gained enough support, he tells you at the Peace Summit that his first impression of you was that you were pretty cool.

When you and your love interest are photographed at the lake by the paparazzi, you can choose Alexei to be your fake boyfriend and have him be the face of your "mystery lover". According to Winston Torres, you need to date someone the people of Rutherland can respect. Your mom's political analyst states that Rutherlandians want improved relations with Esherstein and Evelyn Kassis's father is the head of a conglomerate that does major business in Rutherland, giving you two options to choose from. If you choose him, you two go on a fake date and you have the option to kiss him, snuggle up to him, or refuse to put on a show for the paparazzi. If you kiss him, the paparazzi are satisfied. If you snuggle up to him or refuse to put on a show, they are not convinced but he tells them that he is a Vukoja and they should not doubt his word. He also tells them that they haven't paid for a more intimate display. At dinner and the opera, he tells you that he went along with this public relations stunt because he wants to prove to his father that he can get positive publicity on his own, and because he likes having people owe him favors.

In Chapter 11, if he is your fake boyfriend, he tells you to try to look happy when you two are seen together at the ski resort, since he doesn't want to look like a bad date. Although he wanted a drama free date, he's not mad at you for the situation and is pragmatic about the press and paparazzi. He suggests staging a big argument where he is the bad guy and you'd have justification to dump him, improving your image. He says his dad won't be happy with whatever he does, but his mom will be fine as long as he's happy.

Henri
In your Social Media class, Alexei tells Henri that the latter can't take a selfie with the crown jewels on his bare butt and not expect someone to screenshot it for posterity. Blaine mentions that Alexei and Henri argue with each other constantly, and finds it amusing that they are paired together for the World History debate.

If you're fake dating him, he will confess that he likes Henri and that he agreed to the showmance because he thought Henri didn't like him but now that he thinks Henri does, he needs to find an excuse to call off the showmance. In Chapter 16, at the Peace Summit, he states that they are "unofficially official" as they are still together but have not told their parents yet if you staged a break-up with Alexei in Chapter 12.

Parents
In Chapter 6, Alexei mentions that his parents are upset and irritated about his behavior and he needs to appease them with good publicity, such as the hospital's photo-op. Henri brings up that Alexei had used government funds to order a martini luge in the shape of his father's monument, but Alexei proclaims it was a way to celebrate his heritage. When you and Blaine win the World History debate against him and Henri, his father is disappointed and argues with him about it on Parents' Day.

However, if you decide to fake date him, he tells you that he doesn't want to be seen as a copy of his dad. When his father first came into power, Alexei promised his mother that he'd pick one fancy dish to actually eat to keep up appearances. He chose squid ink linguini, which later became one of his favorites.

His father constantly tells him to represent their country better, and to be driven, imposing, and commanding. Alexei believes if he can show his father that he is capable of getting good press his own way, then his father will relax.

Blaine Hayes
In Chapter 6, Alexei is at odds with Blaine Hayes for the minimal amount of time each student gets to spend reading at the hospital. You have the opportunity to side with either of them, or suggest a way to combine all their time into an impromptu skit to entertain the children.

Miscellaneous

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Trivia

 * The name Alexei is one for boys of Greek and Russian origin and means "defender" or "defender of man". It's a Russian variant of the names Alexios and Alexander.
 * Lyosha is a common nickname for Aleksei, the Russian form of Alexios.
 * From the Esherstein national anthem that Alexei sings and burps out at the Soiree of Nations party, Esherstein has Western Isles and southern fields. In Chapter 12, he mentions that the country's capital has the best nightclubs in the world.
 * Ayna mentions the Esherstein Peace Accords in your World History class.
 * His surname is revealed in Chapter 6.