Directors — Vsevolod Aravin, Alexander Kalugin

Director of Photography — Makoto Sambon

Authors — Maxim Yesaulov, Alexander Samoilov, Roman Lebedev, Elena Gusarenko

Production designer — Vladlen Semchenkov

Composer — Vladimir Saiko

Producers: Vladimir Utin, Mikhail Rossolko, Murat Mezhiev, Anton Chernykh (lead), Ksenia Maslova, Yulia Bikkulova

Casting directors — Anna Pavlyutina, Valentina Volzhenskaya

Starring: Dmitry Ulyanov, Shamil Mukhamedov, Malkhaz Abuladze, Oleg Maslennikov-Voitov, Maxim Litovchenko, Sergey Borisov, Anastasia Dvoryanskaya, Nikita Pivovarov, Sergey Mishchenko Production: LEAN-M LLC and PC Bravo LLC

Premiere — January 30, 2023 (NTV)

Annotation:

ValeryShatrovreturnstoserviceafter being seriouslyinjured.Hemanaged to become»one of his own»in the difficultteam of the criminalinvestigationdepartment of Lieutenant ColonelRubtsov. By the way, there is a new addition to thedepartment–IgorBodrich–oper,whotransferredfromMoscow, is a graspingandexperiencedprofessional. His newcolleaguessuspecthimofcriminalties.DoctorIrinaBurovabreaks up withShatrovandleavesthecity.Shatrovdrawstheattention of hisneighbor, Larisa, a businesswoman, and at the same time he gets acquaintedwithSophia, a psychotherapist, andbeginsattendinghersessions.

The new chairman of the city court, Muzychenko, becomes an unexpected ally of the operas. He gives the Greek kingpin an ultimatum to get out of town. A new mysterious player appears in the city, starting another transformation in the criminal world. A business showdown between two owners of competing courier delivery networks, a major gone off the rails, an attack on vacationers during a City Day celebration, a serial rapist preying on girls in city parks. With each new crime, Shatrov and his colleagues realize that many of the seemingly disparate events are actually links in the same chain. They have to find out who this mysterious puppeteer is.