After Natasha got out, the Red Room went even darker than it was before. Dreykov made sure it was impossible for outsiders to find and even harder for those of us still inside to get out.

[And Natasha herself was in deep denial about the reality of her success, or lack there of, after she and Barton blew up Dreykov's building. But Yelena doesn’t mention that part.]

Alexei was very close to Dreykov in the 80s and 90s, so we thought he might know something.