The Foreign Minister who leaves Stalin's gathering and is marked for a purge. Beria later removes him from the arrest list and releases his wife. Both Beria and Khrushchev actively vie for his political support during the post-Stalin power struggle.
Khrushchev treats Molotov as an important source of legitimacy.
The plot explicitly states that Khrushchev vies with another faction for Molotov's political support during the post-leadership struggle.
They belong to the same ruling political circle.
Malenkov and Molotov are both senior figures involved in the succession crisis and the Committee's decisions after the death of the leader.
Their connection is institutional rather than personal in the supplied plot.
Both are established members of the political leadership involved in the Committee's response to the succession crisis.
They share membership in the political establishment.
Molotov and Mikoyan belong to the same senior leadership circle governing after the leader's collapse.
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