Oddly enough, though, the chain of command has been broken and Cherdenko is now premier, much to General Krukov's dismay.
Upon return to the present, it is revealed that the USSR is victorious, having conquered most of Western Europe. Zelinsky enter the machine and go back to 1927, where Cherdenko 'erases' Albert Einstein from existence, in a similar way to how Einstein erased Adolf Hitler in Red Alert 1. Gregor Zelinsky has been commissioned to create a time machine (similar to how the Allies defeated Yuri in Yuri's Revenge). Cherdenko reveals to his superior that he was put in charge of a top secret project a year prior to the fall of the USSR, stating that 'time is on side.' With the USSR at death's door, Premier Anatoly Cherdenko and his commanding officer, General Nikolai Krukov take a secret elevator to a laboratory beneath the Kremlin. The introduction features Moscow in turmoil, following what appears to be the Allies' eminent victory over the Soviet war machine, as seen in Red Alert 2, with Premier Alexander Romanov having fled the country. Main article: Third World War (Red Alert 3)
