Although in this particular case, there was never any danger of the plot coming to fruition, since the only people that Ferdaus was working with were undercover FBI agents, it does beg the question as to whether such a plot couldsucceed in the first place.
They also raise questions about whether, as Yeltsin announced yesterday, his old guard Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin would succeed him as president if Yeltsin could not carry out his duties.