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"We are going to stand by and see how everything unfolds. While Yeltsin has the Belyi Dom under siege, the rest of the country and the whole world are watching their televisions to see who will resort to violence first. Whoever does is doomed in the eyes of every Russian. We haven't come all this way through Peristroika and Glasnost just to throw it all away and return to violence as a means of solving problems."

"Shall I continue here or do you need me back?" asked Sergey.

"I need you out there, remote from all this. I want to see how things play out. If Yeltsin falls, I will be in danger of retribution. If they throw me into one of my own cells, I want you and the others in the field to be in position to get me out."

Sergey understood the General’s strategy. It was a smart move.

"Good enough."

"If they should move on me, I'm sure I will have time to get a call out to you and the others. If you get that call, arm the Cossacks, Sergey. Use your wits and get me out.”