Having finally escaped the hounding of the journalists and returned to his office, Wang Ye found Rossiyana directing Yelena and a few other young assistants in packing up.
They all wore masks, up and down, taking documents out from high file cabinets and packing them in boxes.
Several large cartons filled with all sorts of documents, archival materials lay on the wooden floor.
He asked in surprise, "What are you guys doing? Are we moving?"
Rossiyana greeted him with a laugh and a playful curtsy, "Welcome Vice Speaker, Chairman of the Economic Committee, Mr. Mikhail...to, uh, your own office! Yes, we're moving. The logistics department has sent a notice asking us to move to Rilinov's office, which is now vacant."
Wang Ye fell silent, remembering that indeed, Rilinov had officially left the Duma.
He hadn't even attended the meeting today.
Grezlov had planned to have Rilinov show up at today's conference to bid everyone farewell and officially retire.
