Russian Secrets

Somewhere on the Volga a ship is sailing very slowly. The Volga is a large Russian river. This river is known as “the main vein of Russia.”

It is evening, and the water is almost black. Along the side of the river you can see lights of farms.

The ship is a yacht, built in Holland, commissioned by a wealthy Russian businessman.

Who sold it on to a Russian underworld king! (There are many Russian underworld leaders, so he is not the only one with a lot of power).

The ship is white on the outside, and has a cabin for the captain, which is slightly higher than the rest of the ship, so one can see well into the distance with the naked eye.

The underworld king is always aboard his yacht. He is now enjoying a glass of Moët & Chandon, along with 5 lovely ladies!!!

The ladies are completely loyal to him, but they may disembark at any time if they wish. They are paid by the hour for their services.

The ladies are dressed in the most expensive lingerie from Paris, and they wear gold jewelry of Indian manufacture.

On a table in the center of the ship, is a large silver bowl filled with Beluga caviar. It is black caviar, and it is almost impossible to get hold of. The underworld king eats it almost daily.

Also on board are; the captain, who has to look especially carefully at other ships, and 5 henchmen, who are highly educated, doing all kinds of work.

The company is not entirely relaxed: at any moment the telephone may ring, and then the boss has to go to work. One is not allowed to listen in then. Everyone complies.

The boss asks 1 of his henchmen to put on music by Robert Cray. There is something about that music, and he wants to find out what.

Just as the warm Soul sound of Robert Cray and his band rings through the speakers, the boss’s cell phone rings. He immediately isolates himself, and opens a lab top.

His phone is untraceable. However, the caller’s phone number is also shielded. The boss looks at his lab top, and immediately gets geographic information about the caller, plus a brief biography.

“What’s going on?”, he asks the caller. He knows it’s 1 of his people in Holland.

The caller explains the problem in short and clear language.

The boss now orders him to eliminate 3 people, and let the rest live. Then the traces must be erased.

3 expensive passenger cars arrive at a remote farmhouse in Groningen at high speed. Groningen is the northernmost province of the Netherlands. It is late in the evening. Out of the cars step 6 Russians wearing balaclavas. They run to the farmhouse, kicking in the front door.

Now gunshots sound. These can be heard for miles around, but no one lives in the wide vicinity of the farmhouse.

The sound of the shots disappears like dust in the wind.

THE END

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