Where was the Russian Army positioned and when was it ready to move?
The Russian Army is positioned east of the Ural Mountains, poised there. It stands ready to move whenever the authorities tell it to move. This was noted in connection with the Warsaw Pact military remaining relatively intact and still a viable military force.
Les explains that while communism was falling apart, Helmut Kohl met with Gorbachev, then Prime Minister of Russia, and they agreed the East German Army would remain in the Warsaw Pact for at least four more years. That left Gomer intact with the consortium of nations with Russia. Les notes the Warsaw Pact military still seems relatively intact and viable. He acknowledges uncertainty about whether that four-year agreement still holds, but from what he has read, the Russian Army is east of the Ural Mountains, poised there, and ready to move whenever the authorities tell it to move.