“Smooth it was on paper, but forgot about the ravines—so you’ve got to walk through them,” says a children’s song. That’s how the operation “The Maltese Cross” unfolded. It was developed by the “Andreev Brotherhood” to unite and prepare two Russias to face any enemy—in two parallel realities. Yet neither Lyakhov nor his comrades have sensed the “particularities of the process” so far, nor can they foresee possible traps in the future. Unlike Dmitry Vorontsov, one of the founders of the “Brotherhood,” who until recently preferred to remain “above the fray,” providing reliable support for his “colleagues.” But apparently, it’s time for him to step into the spotlight and take command of the operation into his own hands. Slowly, but calculatedly, and with unyielding determination.