Colonel General Vladimir Sokolov"s renowned belief in self-preservation had saved him from Paulo"s driven purge, which amongst other things had brought the toppling of the last Head of the now-defunct KGB, who had been implicated in the failed attempt to change the constitution of the government. His promotion and subsequent escalation from his cheerless, bleak office were due entirely to that basic instinct honed over countless years of sitting back and watching his subordinates do the hard graft, whilst taking the glory bestowed on him.
He also excelled at spotting an opportunity whenever he saw one, and head of the fledgling FSB was one he could not resist. The advancing capitalist approach to the outside world, teamed with the escalating corruption within Russia, could result in an un
