him and his retinue imprisoned, before taking Alex, Conrad, the nuclear warhead and his security detail on Kiryenko's private plane to Murmansk, Russia, which contains a shipyard of decommissioned nuclear submarines. During the flight, Sarov gloats at Alex, explaining that he plans to detonate the warhead in the shipyard to make appear as if one of the submarines has exploded. With Europe rendered uninhabitable by the resulting nuclear fallout and Russia blamed for the disaster, Sarov plans to release doctored footage to discredit Kiriyenko, ousting him from power while reverting Russia back to communism under Sarov. Sarov will then instigate wars across the planet until the entire world is united under a communist government, and plans for Alex to take over from Sarov in the future. When the plane makes a fuel stop in Edinburgh, Alex uses a stun grenade disguised as a Michael Owen (Wayne Rooney or Tiger Woods in other publications) keyring, again given by Smithers, to escape from the plane, temporarily incapacitating Sarov and Conrad. Alex attempts to call the police but is stopped by a security guard named George Prescott. Despite Alex's efforts to convince Prescott of the situation, Sarov recaptures Alex and Conrad kills the guard. The plane then lands in Russia, where Sarov reunites with a contingent of soldiers who all fought under him and are all fanatically loyal to his goal of world communist conquest. At Murmansk, Conrad plants the bomb on a submarine using a crane. Alex is handcuffed to a handrail, and Sarov apologetically explains that he must kill Alex for his betrayal, planning for him to die in the explosion. After Sarov departs for Moscow, Alex sets himself free by stuffing rapidly-expanding chewing gum, the last gadget which Smithers provided him with, into the handcuff lock, causing it to break. He then fights with Conrad, who had decided to disobey the general and kill Alex himself. Suddenly, the Russian army and navy arrive and initiate a firefight against Sarov's men. Although Conrad outmatches Alex, Conrad (who has numerous pieces of metal inside his body following a failed bombing several years earlier) is caught by the crane's electromagnet passing overhead, pulling him into the magnet with extreme force which breaks his neck. Alex takes control of the crane, dropping Conrad's body into the sea and removing the nuclear bomb from the submarine. He then removes the detonation card, only to be