A Russian detective series that pairs a major and a captain against serial maniacs, domestic killers, and the city's glamorous and bohemian circles.
20 episodes · 16 h
Robbers disguised as cash-in-transit couriers tried to rob a restaurant. But at that moment real cash-in-transit couriers appeared, and they came under the robbers' fire. But the robbers also had two wounded... Before leaving, the criminals took money and valuables from the patrons. Among the victims of the robbery was Vera, the daughter of Professor Venidiktov.
Terrible and brutal murders of women occur one after another. At first glance, the victims are in no way connected to each other, and the killer's signature is strange and mysterious. But soon the detectives establish a logical connection between the murdered women. They are all linked by a book of poems in which each of them has a personal dedication from the author.
They have never seen each other, though they are twin brothers. One is German, the other Russian. Fate sometimes plays such tricks on people. But they will meet, and then the voice of blood will speak!
Academician Ilya Afanasyevich is found dead on a bench near his home. A wound on his head indicates a violent death. The academician was buried next to the grave of his first wife, but the next day the deceased turned up again on the bench right opposite the windows where his family lives — his widow, son, and old housekeeper.
The detectives were having a fine time at the place of 'Baton' and 'Cactus,' old friends of Tarabrin who were now in business together. At that time the murder of auditor Korotkov occurred, and his briefcase with important documents was stolen... Volkov took up the investigation of Korotkov's murder. And Tarabrin asked for time off to help his friends: someone had kidnapped 'Cactus.'
The body of the famous psychic and healer Valentin Krapivin is found near his own apartment building with his head smashed in. From the deceased's last letter to Volkov and Tarabrin it becomes known that he foresaw his death and knew the killer... But why then did he not prevent his own demise?..
Another murder. A prominent businessman has been poisoned. It would seem to be a routine case in criminal practice? Yes, if not for one "but": the murder turns out to involve the daughter of Major Volkov, Lera. Volkov stands at a crossroads between his duty and his fatherly feelings. Lera came home in the middle of the night and confessed to the murder of an unknown person.
A fragment of a human body was once again fished out of the lake. And a few days before that, two tax service officers had planned to go fishing. Filipp Zyabets went first... and disappeared, while Konstantin Bolotnikov never showed up at the fishing spot. And important documents disappeared from the tax service (Bolotnikov took them).
An employee of a scientific institute, having come to work early, became the victim of a brutal killer. The unfortunate man's liver had been cut out. The head of security claims that no one left the building. Going down to the basement, the detectives encounter there Viktor Romanenko, a dwarf who was carrying out an assignment to catch stray animals. Volkov is certain that he is the killer, but what is the motive? After a lie detector test, the suspect has to be released.
The wise Volkov, who has devoted his entire life to criminal investigation, knows for certain that everything can be bought and sold. You can sell a wife, a friend, a loved one, and buy a biography, internal organs, a new life. None of this can surprise an experienced detective, but the market of services is developing, and new, unprecedented offers are appearing on it, ones that can stump even a seasoned wolf.
A hitman shot the head of a real estate agency, Romashin, but also died himself from a bullet fired by an office center security guard. The detectives began the investigation, and on the prosecutor's office side this case was taken up by investigator Vika, a recent student. At the murder scene, a pistol with a filed-off serial number was found. The pistol went into the safe of Ashot, a prosecutor's office employee.
Major Volkov and Captain Tarabrin are searching for a brutal killer who has already committed more than one grave crime. Not being great lovers of gambling, the detectives do not immediately understand that for their opponent this is merely a game. A game in which other people's lives are declared the stake, and the one who runs the bank is not just a serial killer, he is a gambling player.
He is called the Succubus — in honor of the demon that appears to people in female form. But who he really is remains a mystery even to the initiated. Every week he organizes terrible orgies for rich people, ending in ritual murder. The victims of these bloody revels are defenseless teenagers, lured by deception into a satanist sect.
Ryazantsev, a former police major working at an insurance office, came to Volkov. The businessman Malyshev, who had insured his life for a large sum, has disappeared. A version arose of a conspiracy between Malyshev and his wife, and soon it turned out that insurance manager Michmanov and Irina Malysheva were in a close relationship.
The press and the media are the fifth estate. Their influence on the minds of the masses is enormous. Information wars, popularity ratings, falsifications and newspaper hoaxes. The famous TV star Inessa Pravdorub, author and host of a scandalous talk show, has been brutally murdered in her own apartment. Major Volkov and Captain Tarabrin will have to plunge into the world of yellow journalism to get to the bottom of the causes of her death.
He had two lives, two faces and three surnames. He had admirers and devotees. He became a legend in one life and a people's favorite in another. But whoever he was, whatever surname he bore, he always loved money. And can a counterfeiter not love money?
Several years ago, in a fairly well-off family, the head of the household, Platon, and his 18-year-old stepson Grisha disappeared without a trace. The mother, Zinaida Karpukhina, was absent at that moment. The country house where the crime was committed had been turned upside down, everything was splattered with blood. An 18th-century dagger disappeared.
At an international airport, a Russian tourist gets involved in a spontaneous brawl. This scuffle puts a definitive end to his life, but he dies not from a blow, but from poison. Soon after the funeral, the corpse is dug up from the grave, but the malefactors are interested only in his head. Whether the poison entered the body by chance, what was hidden behind an ordinary tourist trip to Amsterdam, and where the dead man's head went — Volkov and Tarabrin will have to find this out.
Nikolai Frantsevich Kegger once worked as a senior forensic expert at the MUR. Now, together with his sons, he runs a large funeral business. Things are going well until one of his sons dies under mysterious circumstances. Kegger turns to his former colleagues for help. The investigation leads to an unexpected conclusion: the detectives realize that the old man is hiding important evidence from the crime scene for some reason, which indicates his involvement in his son's murder.
A girl named Rita, the daughter of the famous banker Shalimov, is kidnapped. Tarabrin drives past the crime scene. Shalimov's bodyguard mistakes him for the kidnapper and shoots him. The bullet goes straight through, but Tarabrin lies unconscious in the hospital. Volkov will have to untangle this complex case without Tarabrin's help. Who is the kidnapper?
Chas Volkova (2007)
Chas Volkova
2007
Chas Volkova
2007
Chas Volkova
2007
