Jim felt sporty and foxy as he ran along

Jim felt sporty and foxy as he ran along the avenue, legs flashing, pecs boasting -- he was in The Zone! But a haunted man blocked his path. He sounded Russian. "Nyet! Eto Zona!" J

im skidded to a hault. He had no clue what that meant; he had barely picked up any Russian from his grandmother. He tried going around the Russian man to continue his jog.

Unfortunately the Russian wouldn't have it. "Ты убил мою семью!" the man screamed gibberish, pulling out a semi-automatic rifle. Now he definitely couldn't continue his jog.

"Look Russian man" He said, "i'm just out on a jog, taking in the Russian countryside. Now would you please point that semi-automatic rifle at something your own size."

but the not-very-intelligent Russian guy was above-average-in-size, and the target he picked was in fact Beth Phoenix, who was already in a crabby mood. Before he could shoot her

Beth had thrown a drink in his face and stormed out of the bar in a huff. The simple-minded Soviet spy followed her out, only to find that she had escaped in a hot air balloon.

Since that wasn't the case, Beth hadn't escaped in a balloon, the Soviet spy went back into the bar. Then he realized that he should have stopped her from getting in that submarine

The stultified Soviet spy ran to his secret spy radio inside a pram to alert Check Station Iota that Beth had escaped in a submarine & not in a balloon as had been predicted by KGB

agents who had insinuated themselves into Beth's orbit, one as her lover, the other as her manservant. The failure suggested an abundance of discord and jealousy between both men.