Jack Bauer and Charles Logan head to the Russian Consulate to question Anatoly Markov, who is involved with Dmitri Gredenko in his Russian nationalist conspiracy. After Markov lies to them about Gredenko's whereabouts, Bauer causes an international problem by interrogating Markov. Meanwhile, Vice President Noah Daniels situates himself as Acting President after Palmer is incapacitated after the assassination attempt and Tom Lennox alerts the authorities of Reed Pollock and Bruce Carson's hand in the attempt but is treated as a suspect.