The Kremlin Insider
Paul Decker Assignments, #16
Reeks: Paul Decker Assignments
Jeffry Weiss
- SYNOPSIS
- OF
- "THE
- KREMLIN
- INSIDER"
- –
- 116,253
- WORDS.Russia
- is
- on
- the
- verge
- of
- fracturing
- after
- twenty
- years
- of
- government
- corruption,
- patronage,
- and
- incompetenceA
- nascent
- protest
- movement
- is
- gathering
- momentum.
- And
- even
- as
- the
- attacks
- at
- the
- rallies,
- by
- ministry
- police
- with
- their
- truncheons,
- grow
- in
- intensity,
- the
- number
- of
- dissidents
- continues
- to
- rise.
- With
- every
- arrest
- the
- movement
- coalesces
- and
- supporters
- become
- more
- committed,
- willing
- to
- risk
- their
- freedom,
- even
- their
- lives,
- to
- unseat
- the
- president.VLADIM
- PUSHKIN,
- president
- of
- Russia,
- along
- with
- the
- OLIGARCHS
- and
- MAFIA,
- have
- bled
- the
- country
- dry
- by
- their
- unbounded
- greed.
- And
- while
- millions
- live
- in
- 3rd
- world
- conditions
- and
- are
- subjected
- to
- threats,
- imprisonment,
- and
- one-way
- passage
- to
- Siberia,
- the
- president
- and
- his
- cronies
- live
- like
- emperors
- of
- yore.With
- little
- left
- to
- steal,
- Pushkin
- plans
- to
- invade
- Eastern
- Europe
- and
- take
- control
- of
- the
- Baltic
- States.
- He
- is
- counting
- on
- the
- element
- of
- surprise
- and
- believes
- America
- has
- no
- fight
- left
- in
- it
- for
- another
- war.American
- President
- JAMES
- HARDESSY
- sends
- code
- 6
- agent
- CAPTAIN
- PAUL
- DECKER
- to
- learn
- the
- Russian
- plans
- and
- also
- work
- with
- the
- opposition
- to
- overthrow
- the
- Pushkin
- régime.
- The
- task
- is
- made
- even
- more
- difficult
- since
- the
- leader
- of
- the
- opposition,
- YEVGENI
- NOVAKOFF,
- is
- being
- held
- in
- the
- notorious
- Lubyanka
- Prison.Paul
- enlists
- the
- help
- of
- his
- ever-present
- computer
- hacker
- PAVLIK
- LASKY,
- in
- Talas
- Kyrgyzstan,
- who
- will
- create
- havoc
- by
- siphoning
- money
- out
- of
- the
- accounts
- of
- Pushkin,
- the
- oligarchs
- and
- mafia,
- starting
- an
- internecine
- war.
- Pavlik
- sends
- his
- compatriot,
- NATASHA
- LEVIN,
- to
- assist
- Paul
- in
- Russia.
- She
- and
- Paul
- have
- worked
- together
- before
- and
- had
- an
- affair
- which
- the
- two
- of
- them
- look
- at
- with
- different
- sets
- of
- eyes.Russia
- faces
- a
- famine
- but
- Pushkin
- has
- no
- intention
- of
- groveling
- at
- the
- feet
- of
- Western
- countries
- to
- buy
- gain
- and
- make
- up
- the
- shortage.But
- while
- Pushkin
- and
- many
- in
- his
- government
- care
- little
- if
- there
- is
- mass
- starvation,
- one
- man
- does.
- GENERAL
- KONSTATIN
- ROZKOV,
- Chief
- of
- the
- General
- Staff
- of
- the
- Armed
- Forces,
- grew
- up
- on
- a
- farm
- and
- his
- parents
- still
- tend
- crops
- there.Given
- the
- knowledge
- that
- General
- Rozkov's
- has
- argued
- against
- Russian
- invasions
- of
- Georgia,
- Ukraine
- and
- Crimea,
- Paul
- reaches
- out
- to
- Rozkov
- to
- join
- the
- opposition
- and
- attempt
- to
- unseat
- Pushkin.When
- Rozkov
- sees
- for
- himself
- the
- terrible
- conditions
- at
- the
- family
- farm
- and
- systemic
- crop
- failures
- throughout
- the
- country,
- he
- agrees
- to
- help
- overthrow
- the
- president.Paul
- and
- Natasha
- coordinate
- with
- General
- Rozkov
- and
- Yevgeni
- Novakoff
- on
- a
- massive
- march
- to
- the
- Russian
- Parliament
- to
- confront
- Pushkin
- and
- force
- him
- to
- step
- down.All
- this
- while
- various
- factions
- of
- the
- Russian
- Secret
- Services
- attempt
- to
- kill
- Paul
- and
- the
- opposition
- leaders.Natasha
- is
- poisoned
- by
- Pushkin
- (but
- survives)
- for
- not
- continuing
- to
- accept
- his
- sexual
- advances.Should
- the
- opposition
- fail
- to
- unseat
- Pushkin,
- and
- he
- continues
- with
- his
- plan
- to
- invade
- the
- Baltic
- States,
- America
- is
- preparing
- for
- war
- by
- moving
- forces
- into
- position
- to
- counter
- any
- Russian
- advance.When
- Pushkin
- sees
- that
- General
- Rozkov
- stands
- with
- the
- oppositions,
- he
- realizes
- his
- position
- is
- untenable.
- He
- contemplates
- suicide,
- but
- surrenders
- to
- the
- opposition
- at
- the
- last
- moment.
- However,
- the
- attempt
- to
- bring
- Pushkin
- to
- trial
- is
- thwarted
- by
- a
- woman
- whose
- husband
- died
- due
- to
- Pushkin's
- lack
- of
- effort
- to
- rescue
- the
- sunken
- submarine
- the
- men
- were
- on.
- She
- shoots
- Pushkin
- as
- the
- ex-president
- is
- escorted
- out
- of
- the
- Kremlin.A
- new
- day
- has
- dawned
- in
- Russia,
- but
- the
- same
- sun
- does
- not
- shine
- on
- Paul.
- He
- fails
- in
- his
- efforts
- to
- further
- his
- relationship
- with
- Natasha,
- driving
- him
- back
- to
- the
- drinking
- that
- has
- almost
- ruined
- his
- military
- career before.
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