 McLaughlin disappeared, not because he run away but because Paladin had him ruthlessly killed and his body disposed of.Paladin/Anwar admits his identity, but then draws a gun and drags Varvara as a hostage into the bank's vault.Inside the vault, Anwar tells Varvara that after Sobolev entering Constantinople, the British fleet off the coast would open fire and Western powers would have declared war to Russia, bringing ruin to it.