Lord, I didn’t know Molotov lived into the 80’s.
The erased guy was Nikolai Yezhov, Head of the NKVD.
He was arrested on trumped up charges but under interrogation admitted to lots of homosexual activity and alcohol abuse.
“...Nikolai Yezhov, Head of the NKVD...”
Yes. The Disappearing Commissar, or something like that, they called him...
And Molotov lived a long time. Outlived almost all of his fellow Bolsheviks...