The first target was Viktor Molotov, former FSB officer who had protected network operations for two decades while maintaining respectable facade as security consultant in Prague. Ral coordinated the operation from Moscow while Dmitri's team executed with precision born of military training and criminal experience.
The assault began at 11:47 PM when Molotov's armored Mercedes stopped at intersection three blocks from his fortified apartment. The traffic light malfunction was deliberate, creating thirty-second window for attack team to position themselves around stationary vehicle.
"Breach in three, two, one," the team leader's voice came through Ral's headset, and he heard the shaped charges detonate simultaneously on all four doors. The armored glass that should have protected Molotov s
