By 2002, the Prophet's Codex was located in the hidden library of Ivan the Terrible beneath the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Daniel Cross, a Templar agent, infiltrated the library after he had posed as a replacement for the Assassin guarding it. Following this, he opened the Codex and read Minerva's speech to Warren Vidic via his earpiece, before taking it with him back to Abstergo and killing the Assassin sentry.