Doing Lunch

Wanting to return to power after Russia became a separate state, several leaders of the Communist Party decide that their best chance is to bring someone in to lead, and make a serious attempt at making Russia a private sector economy. The idea is to have that person fail, so that the people will hunger for the return to Communism. They decide on Alexi Debenov, a University of Moscow physics professor, who loves his countrymen, and has an overabundance of compassion.Taking the position, he realizes that he has been set up to fail. He also realizes that he does not really know practical private enterprise, so he goes in search of assistance. He ends up choosing his nephew, Mikhail. The young man had been a Soviet spy, but had defected when he became successful in America. When Alexi approaches him, he refuses because he certainly does not want to give up his condo in Santa Monica, or the one on Maui.Alexi, after another failed effort to have Mikhail return to Russia decides to have him kidnapped. Once in Russia, Mikhail's own compassion kicks in, and the hijinks begin.