Chapter 284: An Evolution in Each Category

When Vladimir finished speaking, everyone in the room had a more detailed understanding of the situation in Crimea.

"Why's he leading an investigation in the field when he's obviously ministerial material?" Putin asked the head of the FSB.

Alexander Bortnikov, the director of the FSB, was in the meeting room with the other ministers of the Russian government in order to debrief Vladimir after his mission. However, he'd never thought he would be put on the spot by being asked a question like that, nor had he expected Vladimir would turn out to be such an effective field agent compared to his previous record.

"He's still under investigation. There was a mess about an FSB agent being kidnapped from their home, and," he gestured toward Vladimir, "that agent is him. He maintains that he doesn't remember anything between the time he was kidnapped and when he woke up in the hospital."