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* (Note: Spoilers) In the ending where you kill both Barisov and Demichev, it is mentioned that both the Soviet Union and United States collapsed ("former United States" and all). But no explanation is given as to how the latter fell - it's only mentioned the Katorga-12 monsters escaped to Russia, so wouldn't the US simply win the [[Cold War]] outright? Also, how does the whole world degenerate into war after the two died?

** Renko travels back in time to destroy the original singularity reactor, but when he travels forward in time to the twisted alternate present, Demichev shows that he outmaneuvered both of them by taking a third option and simply rebuilding the damn thing afterwards. Considering that the Soviets used the powers of the reactor to win the Cold War the first time around, they almost certainly did the same there only with a slight delay if that (might cross over with a case of [[You Already Changed the Past]]). As such, it can be assumed that the USSR conquered the world once again, and thus had the US as one of its' colonies/subject states. When Demichev (the dictator and strong leadership holding the Soviet state together as well as one of the three people that knows what you can do with E99) and Barisov (the other of the three people asides from Renko that know about this and the alternative for leadership) die, the Soviet Empire fractures apart as various leaders emerge and try to seize power only to further splinter the USSR, and as such its' subject states largely see the same thing happen.