Bory Stepakov and his assistant Nina Bibikova from the KGB to infiltrate the Scales of Justice posing as a TV crew so as to discover their real motive. Accomplishing this, they learn that the group plans to sabotage perestroika and supply Iraq with nuclear weapons before the United Nations-led coalition invades. The man behind the Scales of Justice, General Yevgeny Yuskovich, is a cousin of Josif Voronstov who is identified as Joel Penderek. The trial was staged in order to shift focus away from Yuskovich's other plans. Characters James Bond M Bill Tanner Miss Moneypenny Josif Voronstov: Deputy to Paul Blobel, the instigator of the massacre at Babi Yar. Said to have driven the victims to their deaths. Is actually Joel Penderek who is captured in Hawthorne, New Jersey by the Scales of Justice. Voronstov is put on a mock trial where it is discovered he is the cousin of General Yevgeny Yuskovich. General Yevgeny Yuskovich: Yuskovich is the leader of the Scales of Justice and the primary villain of the novel. He attempts to sabotage perestroika and supply Iraq with nuclear arms. Publication history UK first hardback edition: August 1991 Hodder & Stoughton U.S. first hardback edition: May 1991 Putnam UK first paperback edition: 1991 Coronet Books U.S. first paperback edition: January 1992 Berkley Books See also Outline of James Bond References 1991 British novels James Bond books Novels by John Gardner (British writer) Cold War spy novels Hodder & Stoughton books Novels set in England Novels set in New Jersey Novels set in the Soviet Union Novels set in Sweden