And last but not least the main motivation of the main character is money and fame, really shows you the subhuman slavic morality. There is no cause, no heroism just greed and we are supposed to be shedding a tear when the plot to get filthy rich goes wrong...oh no not the poor criminal slav
There is thought put into V's character in the beginning. Considering the streetkid origin is the "canon" origin, you can clearly see the writers are setting V up as a youngblood starry-eyed douchebag who is consciously trying to act as someone who is actually tough.
Viktor makes ironic remarks like "once you hit the big leagues, don't forget about us". Dexter slides the news that you're robbing Arasaka, finishing with "surely that's no problem" and if you give the tough guy response, he replies "Shiet, you don't mess around", and you can tell he just read you for a first class "mark". Later Evelyn offers to cut Dexter off the deal, and if you refuse her, telling Dexter trusts you, she ends the subject with "I hope you are as good as you are naive".