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It seldom pays to rule Russia without being in good physical condition. The job of leadership for the biggest country in the world ages you quickly, and the only way to fight back against that is with a good diet and hard work. At least, President Antonov always thought so. That was why his bodyguards were miserable that morning: it was January, and not yet dawn, and the man insisted on going for his usual morning run. Someone had tried tactfully suggesting a treadmill months ago, but it was the President's contention that the rigors of winter made for better training than any machine in a climate-controlled environment.

They were all praying for snow when Admiral Matochkin joined them. That, at least, meant that the run slowed. Matochkin had matters to discuss with the President, always, and preferred to pursue them while they ran well away from possible listeners or recording devices. The run slowed enough to allow the two men to converse without too much strain on either, and that helped, in the guards' estimation.

Around the point in the President's run when Matochkin usually split off and went back to his business, several more runners joined them. They had the look of Navy men, and did not speak, only grimly followed along.

Around the point when the President would have turned to go home, the Navy runners reached under their coats.

A police patrol found the bodyguards an hour later, still unconscious and twitching on the pavement.
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