Also, this is not the first time Stan's tunnel-vision thinking has messed up the larger picture. Stan bumping off Vladimir, a mid-level flunky at the embassy, did absolutely nothing to further any long-term projects and arguably pissed off Gaad and pushed Nina away from him.

I wouldn't be surprised if in the Americans-verse, Stan deciding to be butthurt about the Jenningses might put Gorbachev in danger, or even become a causal link to the 1991 coup if Gorbachev never gets the news that KGB hardliners are gunning for him as early as 1987.