Vadim Lyakhov was taught from a young age to save people rather than kill, even when the latter is preferable. But this time a full-fledged battle could not be avoided, because the President’s “dacha” was attacked by forces much superior to its defenders, and the attackers’ goal was very clear and definite - to capture the head of the country and destroy his supporters. But Lyakhov could no longer allow this to happen. The coup d'état and the loss of the President, the key figure in Operation Maltese Cross to unite Russia from the main historical sequence and its alternative analogue into one powerful state, did not fit into the plans of the St. Andrew's Brotherhood. However, a fight is not a performance; very often it develops according to an unpredictable scenario or without one at all. And here the key points are courage, experience, mutual assistance and, most importantly, the belief that you are fighting for a just cause. Lyakhov's team was sure of this...