interesting. you are not a big man. but men like you never are. it is my pleasure, simon templar. my name is.
suppose i don't want anything. suppose i want to kill you.
rumour has not lied about you, mr. templar. last night something was stolen in st. petersburg. my city.
i do, mr. templar. may i ask who hired you?
what you stole i wanted very badly. ilya.
what is the saying - if you can't beat them, why not join them? an american phrase, no? or are you british? australian?
of course. an american scientist has worked ten years to develop a certain technology. i am informed that the technology will be made public at the annual nuclear science symposium in washington d.c. i would like the plans and specifications for this technology. before the symposium.
a nuclear fusion generator. we have a man on the inside.
he's tried. the scientist trusts no one and keeps no hard records of the technology in the lab.
she.
she, mr. templar. the scientist is a woman. her dossier. all the information you will need.
templar, one question.
i ask you to steal a person's entire life's work. you have no reaction. are you that cold?
no, rumor hasn't lied about you, templar.
cold fusion?
well? let's see.
what do you mean may have. show me.
where's the rest of it?
get on a plane. leave tonight.
my apologies to your wife.
come now, ivan, why must we feud.
it is true there have been harsh words between us. we are rivals. but rivalry is bad for business. upon what conditions would you accept a partnership? be reasonable.
agreed. i need the men in your areas, ivan, for two days. particularly moscow and points south.
to find this woman.  and kill this man.
ilya - some wine for ivan gracha.
put your guns down.
hail michael romanov, czar of the fatherland. how will that sound to the average russian?
the woman's death was unfortunate. you lost. i lost. to think what we could have done with her formula. but life goes on, no?
when romanov gains the presidency russia will be ours. the possibilities are, you would agree, endless. you have talent. unique talent. i need that talent to break into an impregnable facility. be part of this, templar.
i owe you nothing. you were hired to steal something and you failed.
twenty million, and one of my men goes with you.
templar. a question. you had feelings for the woman, didn't you?
the world will continue to spend half its gross national product on oil.
and it's leaders, romanov, the most powerful people.
upon what conditions would you accept a partnership? be reasonable.
not yet.
thank you for coming, ivan, it is a great night for russia.
maybe you should take greater interest in politics, ivan gracha. tretiak and gracha turn to major scarpinin, listening.
hail michael romanov, czar of the fatherland. how will that sound to the average russian?
no romanov – to partnership in crime.
get the plane running, we'll be there in five minutes. clean out the safe. burn the records in my office.
good.