my theory on this is as we saw her say in a flashback when desmond is about to go running: "with money and dedication you can find anyone". he went off on his race, crashed (maybe the emp thing caused him to crash his boat or affected the storm) and shes now paying those russian dudes to find an area on the earth where the amount of magnetism is fucked up - presumably the island.
itll be dirty to think that the next series could involve a whole other plot with new characters who are the main characters - jack and co have just been the preview!
and what about the others kidnapping sawyer, kate and jack? wheres sayeed, jin and sun?
but at least charlies now getting laid!