Spinning Boris Page #7

Yeah, got me a magic mirror.

Bill thinks it's extra bitching

you're there doing what you're doing!

He does?

How would he feel about making

a long-distance call to lend...

a gentle guiding hand to Boris as

he takes his 1st steps to democracy?

I think he'd be tickled pink.

I'll tell him whatever you want.

You give me the laundry list

and I'll fluff and fold.

They knew we were there.

How the hell did they know?

Sure they knew. We were dumb

to think they wouldn't.

When Felix said we were

highly recommended...

how high do you think he meant?

Please, sit.

Papa said yes.

He will do the television ads.

I don't know why

he changed his mind.

He was so against it.

Let's film Yeltsin for a couple

of hours of time over...

the course of like seven days.

Make sure he's well rested,

lots of rehearsal.

We just need five-second

sound bites.

He should be walking,

walking, you know...

through a crowd...

through the woods

or dancing...

Maybe he's dancing on a stage.

Hello?

Hey, you guys are good!

Really good!

Who's this?

My name's Dilon,

and I'm calling from Virginia.

Got a minute

we could talk?

- Won't take long.

- Geez, I'm sorry!

This isn't the best time

to talk, or place.

Understood. We just wanna let you

know everyone at the company...

is rooting for you

and your team.

We are, however, concerned about

the loss scenario.

Per our sources Zyuganov has come up

with a secret maximum plan...

he'll implement if he wins.

We don't know what it is exactly,

but it can't be good for us.

So, good luck and keep

up the good work.

We'll be watching.

Thank you very much,

ladies and gentlemen.

I'll see you later.

Thank you very much.

C- I-f***ing-A.

Is there anybody who

doesn't know we're here?

When I realized who it was,

you know I had a heart attack

They overhear that,

they think we're spies.

"We'll be watching you"?

What does that mean?

How?

Watching what?

Just the way spooks talk.

What I wanna know is, what's

this secret maximum plan deal?

And how come we never heard

about that?

Wouldn't be a secret

if we heard about it.

I hear about it.

Give me a drink,

I tell you.

Help yourself.

A drunk Elvis impersonator

told us...

about Zyuganov's secret

maximum plan.

In a nutshell...

the Pinklos wanna take the country

back to the Dark Ages.

Old USSR borders...

re-nationalized economy...

and a vigorous prosecution

of the reformists.

Of course it's just a rumor

but Russians are pretty paranoid.

If it leaks, Zyuganov may lose

a vote or two.

So, we gotta leak it

like crazy, of course.

Mr. Morris,

it's Dick Dresner.

Hey, Dick.

My guy's headed your way.

We have an opportunity here.

He can give your guy a few pointers.

Nobody ever accused him

of being Slick Boris.

Whatever you want my guy

to say...

he'll say it.

Send a memo.

First, let me thank

President Yeltsin...

for initiating and then hosting

yesterday's Nuclear Summit.

It is fitting that this summit

was held in Moscow.

For three years the President and I

have worked together...

in trying to make the world

a safer place...

by reducing the nuclear threat...

that all our citizens face.

We've worked hard to take down

the old barriers...

to trade and to investment.

Thanks to the President

Yeltsin's leadership...

sixty percent of Russia's economy

is now in the hands of its people...

not the State.

Inflation has been cut.

Democracy is taking hold.

Since 1993...

trade between the USA

and Russia is up 65%.

And the US is now the largest

foreign investor...

- In this great nation.

- In this great nation.

How'd he do?

Well, let's see.

Ask to be patient with reforms...

Check.

Congratulate on the beginning of

the pullout from Chechnya... Check.

Compliment on the privatization

of the economy... Check.

Warn about Zyuganov's

maximum plan... Check.

I mean bull's eye, boys.

He covered practically everything

in our memo.

Note for another book.

Two presidents sell out...

the interests

of their own countries...

in order to get

each other re-elected.

I want a piece of that book.

- Hello.

- Vasso.

- Yeah?

- They loved the summit.

- The numbers are way up.

- Really?

- Get back to you on the details.

- That's great!

All right, bye.

What's going on?

Prelims are starting to come in.

The Russians loved the summit.

Papa's numbers are up big.

He and Zyuganov are almost

neck-in-neck.

Call me crazy, guys, but...

we can actually win this thing.

- Hi, Frank, George Gorton...

- Stan, Dick Dresner...

Nothing ever changes

here in Sacramento...

I've been on vacation. I wanted

to talk to you about a stock...

- It's called Lukoil.

- That's right. Like Skywalker.

- How much?

-500.

- I'm a little short of cash.

- Everything I got in the account.

Okay.

Great! Thanks.

Look at this! Soskovets

finally making an appearance?

Who are the other two wise men?

The guy with the comb over

is Alexander Korzhakov...

former KGB general and Papa's

new head of security.

He's also his main confidante,

tennis partner, drinking buddy.

- The other guy is Mikhail Barsukov.

- Chief of secret police.

You're a scary man, Joe

Not as scary as those guys.

What do they want with us?

I don't think

they're coming to see you.

I just think they're going

to the tenth floor.

To see the campaign managers?

Why?

Who is to know?

Bullshit, Felix.

You is to know.

- Me? I don't know anything.

- Oh, yeah, you know something.

And you're gonna tell us, or I'll

march over to Tatiana's office...

and tell her that you're plotting

something behind her back.

Enough of this baloney, okay?

I want the truth.

What's going on?

Okay.

Soskovets, Korzhakov e

Barsukov they are known as...

The Party of War.

I hope that's a loose translation.

Those are the guys that pushed

Yeltsin into Chechnya.

If they all came here, that means

they're very worried.

What about? We're doing good.

We're kicking butt.

That's why they are worried.

- They want to cancel the election.

- What?

They think it's too risky

to have one.

But see, but Yetsin's probably

gonna win.

They don't want him to win?

They would love it if he won.

It's the "probably" part

they can't afford...

because if the communists win

they lose everything.

Their power,

their stolen fortunes...

maybe their lives. That's why

they want to cancel.

You don't cancel elections.

It's not a dentist appointment.

Soskovets hired you. Why would he

spend that money...

if he just wanted to cancel?

Yeltsin worships

all things American.

The Party of War assumed that you'd

take one look at the numbers...

and convince him

he has no chance.

Pretty good assumption.

They didn't count on us

turning it around.

They didn't count on Tatiana,

or on the numbers going on.

And they still think

we can do it, do they?

You, my friends, have become

major nuisance for them.

And Lugov's involved too, right?

Thank you, Felix.

Thanks for warning us.

I'm sorry, my friends,

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