Heads You Win

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My thanks for their invaluable advice and research to:

Simon Bainbridge, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, William Browder, Maria Teresa Burgoni, Jonathan Caplan QC, Captain Rod Fullerton, Moonpal Grewal, Vicki Mellor, Sir Christopher and Lady Meyer, Andrey Palchevski, Melissa Pimentel, Alison Prince, Catherine Richards and Susan Watt.

Leningrad, 1968

‘What are you going to do when you leave school?’ asked Alexander.

‘I’m hoping to join the KGB,’ Vladimir replied, ‘but they won’t even consider me if I don’t get a place at the state university. How about you?’

‘I intend to be the first democratically elected president of Russia,’ said Alexander, laughing.

‘And if you make it,’ said Vladimir, who didn’t laugh, ‘you can appoint me as head of the KGB.’

‘I don’t approve of nepotism,’ said Alexander, as they strolled across the schoolyard and out onto the street.

‘Nepotism?’ said Vladimir, as they began to walk home.

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