Factual error: In the "Soviet" base in Afghanistan, every equipment, from armoured carriers to light tanks, is of French manufacture. And the transport plane is an American C-130 Hercules.
The Living Daylights (1987)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: John Glen
Starring: Desmond Llewelyn, John Rhys-Davies, Timothy Dalton, Joe Don Baker, Jeroen Krabbe, Maryam d'Abo
Bond destroys the plane filled with opium and infiltrates Whitaker's mansion. He enters Whitaker's "playroom" and gets attacked by his advanced weaponry. Bond kills him when he places a mini-bomb onto a stauette of the Duke of Wellington which falls on him. KGB Director Pushkin captures Russian traitor Koskov and Kara has an opening for her cello act. After the show, Bond and Kara engage in pleasurable activity.
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James Bond: Lovely girl with the cello.
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Question: What exactly happened to Koskov at the end? Pushkin said something like "Put him on a Plane in a diplomatic bag" but was he just being sarcastic or what?
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Chosen answer: He says, "Put him on the first plane to Moscow...", making Koskov think he was going to live, but then Pushkin adds, "...in a diplomatic bag." He is being transported back to Russia in a bag...hence, he will be quite dead.