Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy Page #4

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One' two. . .

OK! Two' ages ago' but my brother

took them for a debt I owed him !

When did you shave the beard off?

Two weeks ago! They made me! I'm

a simple fellow' I live in the mountains!

Where?

Nizhny Alkun !

Where's Aslan Gugaev?!

One' two. . .

- He was in Katan-Yurt. . .

- Three. . .

Russian ! I know ! I'll show you !

Whatever you want!

Careful' scum.

You're my slave now.

And if you screw up'

I'll blow your head off.

Gugaev. One. . .

On the pass! Protecting

the mountain pass!

Now we're talking !

Get up and show me on the map.

If I have any doubts about what you say'

it's over - I've counted to three.

I don't know Russian so good.

You speak fast.

I shoot even faster!

We're here. Where's Aslan?

Not here.

Well done.

You've passed the first test.

Let's try the second.

Where?

Over there. My hand's tied'

I can't point.

- Here?

- No. There!

There' you've passed

the second test.

Just the third one left.

Now' my shepherd friend' you show us

how to get there fast and safe.

And so that you don't think I'm joking'

I'll tell you straight:

me and the Lone Ranger are finished

anyway' same as you ! Got it?!

But' if we complete our NATO mission'

I give you my word as a Russian paratrooper:

I'll let you go!

You can go tend your flock!

But' you know how difficult

these things can be. . .

Albatross Four!

Albatross Four!

Ruslan Shamaev. Nizhny Alkun.

Check his identity and report back.

If I'm not on the wire tomorrow' kill all

his relatives. All of them. Over.

This is Beslan Khatuev's jeep.

His brother's disappeared.

Everyone's looking for him.

We won't get there in this jeep.

We have to go across the glacier.

Faster that way.

Ruslan believed us' especially when

we dumped the Landrover.

Get up! Move it!

Get a move on !

I said move it!

Don't worry.

I've told them to leave your family

for now. But they're fierce. . .

I'll do everything' Russian !

Let's take a break.

I know a way through the ravines.

There's no one round here.

All the villages are deserted.

After the deportations' the Chechens

didn't come back.

- You're from Moscow' yes?

- Yes.

- You have a university there?

- Yes.

You studied there?

Everyone in Moscow studies there.

My uncle lives in Moscow.

He didn't study there.

But he's not Russian' is he!

My eldest son is very clever.

I want him to study in Moscow.

Have you got contacts there?

Yes' but it's expensive.

I've got money. I want our clan

to have a politician !

But he's not

very good at reading.

That's not important anymore.

You just need contacts.

You'll help' yes?

No problem. If your son survives.

Come on ! Hold on John !

Who did the jeep belong to?

Beslan Khatuev.

What's his call-sign?

I don't know Khatuev's - honest!

Who's do you know?

Loads. Who's do you need?

Get Gugaev.

Gugaev!

Salaam' Aslan ! How's the lnternet

doing without me? It's lvan.

Salaam' lvan. What do you want?

Just to say 'Salaam'. . .

I heard the Englishman is

bringing the money.

He's late. I'm waiting' for now. . .

How are my friends?

They're fine.

I'm sure they are.

He's bringing the money.

But first you promise before Allah

that you won't trick us.

OK. Who'll hand over the money?

'OK' isn't good enough -

promise before Allah !

I've got a witness here.

A M uslim believer.

I swear before Allah ! When?

In four days time. Over and out.

We'll see how faithful

you are to Allah.

We have to get there

in two days. Got it?

We got there in a day and a half.

Ruslan took us across some goat-tracks

in from the Georgian side

which was totally unguarded.

All we had to do was

make the exchange.

Russian' he won't keep his word.

I heard how he spoke.

All Gugaevs are lying dogs!

Our grandfathers fought'

even made peace.

In the second war they took

60 sheep from us.

'l'm a fighter' you're

a shepherd" he says.

'Your father's brother wanted

to kill my grandfather.

But he got scared' and you're

just the same! ' he says.

Why're you telling me all this?

Tomorrow he'll kill the American'

then you' and then he'll kill me.

You won't answer the radio'

so my family will be killed too.

That's right.

So' proud Chechen shepherd'

can you use thing?

Not all Chechens can tend a flock'

but all Chechens can shoot.

You have a chance to save

the honour of your clan.

Russian' tell yours to leave my family

alone. They'll kill you . . .

maybe. . .

I'm your family now' got it?!

Protect me' and you'll save them.

If I see it's all over for us'

then I'll tell them.

Let's go.

In his book and film' John says you were

beating the Chechen shepherd . . .

. . . and then you just give him weapons.

So what?

Weren't you afraid he'd

shoot you in the back?

Of course not' I had

his family as hostages.

Salaam' Aslan.

Salaam' lvan.

You're a mountain man' lvan.

I live on the plains.

We brought the ransom.

Let's go.

- Where're the keys?

- There.

Ruslan !

No! Obey your orders!

You won't get out of here!

Then you won't get the money.

Tie his hands!

What about your oath' Aslan?

Go to the machinegun.

Tell your people already.

It's still too early!

Morning' Comrade Captain !

Hello' Sergeant. Give us a smoke.

We'd landed ourselves right in it.

We couldn't use Aslan for cover.

No way back through the pass

with the Captain.

We could go down through the village'

but there were a lot of beards down there.

The Captain said it: climbing a tree

is easy' getting back down's the hard part.

He's a great guy. He thought

of using the river.

They weren't expecting that.

Comrade Captain' we need air support.

We're finished without it.

We're too far off to use the radio.

Let's try the satellite phone.

You're well-stocked' Sergeant!

How does it work?

Simple - we need to catch a satellite.

I'll tune it in.

Hello! Give me HQ chief'

Colonel Malykhin !

Captain Medvedev! Move it!

Great line!

lf only we had these. . .

It's Captain Medvedev. Hi' Kolya.

Listen' we're surrounded -

send some air support!

There's five of us' two English.

The Shatoi region' south of ltum-Kali'

coordinate 34.

There's an abandoned village with

a big old tower! We're in the tower.

Yes' they're firing at us!

I think we can hold out for an hour.

There's nowhere to land.

Alright then.

So? Are they coming?

Lads' give us a cigarette.

- Long to go?

- Seven months.

- Just back from Chechnya?

- From Grozny.

Here. It's a bonus from NATO

for the fight against

international terrorism.

It' s English money - almost

two thousand dollars.

You know the rest.

John made a film and

became famous.

I'm being prosecuted for killing citizens

of the Russian Federation -

I was a civilian' after all.

John put it all in the film'

about the woman in the jeep

and the old man with his kid at Aslan's.

How did he shoot it all?

He wrote a book as well -

'My Life in Russia'.

He didn't come to the court case'

of course. Gave evidence over there.

But the brave shepherd Shamaev

turned up' detailing how I tortured him

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