Prologue

"It seems to me. That I have forgotten. Forgotten the crimes. Forgotten the sins.

For what? For the state? What has the party ever done for me?
Sure they danced to my tune when I was the hot shot.
But as soon as a new cat showed up, they threw me to the dogs.
Bunch of pompous fools.

I'll show them. I still have friends in the KGB. I'll show them all."

- Attributed to Comrade Lattenin: In his last letters to his most trusted friends.