One difference: Yuri had bailed out, back in a world where China stood for "yaw seckon chile be come wizz US!" (before tossing the tiny carcass on the nearest slag pile .... or sold to restaurants as a specialty dish).
It's all different now; Di knows his bosses plan to be the last superpower standing - and he plans to stay put:...
In fact, as the body count begins to rise, I fully expect a complete news blackout on -erm... - coincidences like this. They did it with dancing Israelis, Hunter's laptop and Joey's November miracle, and the identity of countless teen felons - they can shit-sure make a bunch of neo-nobodies cease to exist just by looking the other...
