January 21 Underwood-Petrov call

The January 21 Underwood-Petrov call took place on January 21, 2017, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., between acting U.S. President Claire Underwood, U.S. President Frank Underwood and Russian president Viktor Petrov. The call took place while U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant was with Petrov in Moscow to resolve the ongoing situation in Antarctica.
Underwood informed Petrov that sanctions against Russia for the incident would be enacted within hours if he did not agree to a withdrawal agreement with Durant. During the call, Petrov informed the Underwoods that Aidan Macallan, the mastermind of their attempts to undermine the 2016 presidential election, was with him in his office and would not be released to the United States unless the sanctions were cancelled and he was allowed full access to Antarctica's oil exploration. Underwood subsequently recalled Durant, who was unaware of the efforts to undermine the election, to Washington to prevent her from learning of Macallan's identity.
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