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Hands on the f***ing wall. Don't move.

What's your name?

Sergei.

Okay, Sergei, listen to me.

You do exactly as I say. Da?

Exactly as I say.

Just relax.

Slow down.

What do you sell here in your factory?

What do you make?

- The tractor parts.

- Tractor parts?

Yes.

Up your stairs.

Open the door.

Get inside.

Give me your keys.

Sit down. Put your hands

where I can see them.

- What do you want?

- I want you to sit down.

And put your hands where I can see them.

Sergei, listen very carefully.

I have here...

some documents.

And on these documents there are areas

and there are dates

in these columns. You see?

I need you to find me the controller

who has visited these areas

in this column,

in or on or around these dates here

in this column. Do you understand?

- I understand.

- I need you to find him now.

Okay now. May I?

Of course.

Yes, Major Kuzmin.

So where are you with this?

And don't fill my ear with sh*t.

Nothing. They're idiots here.

I'm surrounded by idiots.

I'm tired of your excuses, Vasili.

Just find them, or it's both our necks.

Fifty-two.

Yes, I think I got it.

- This one.

- Are you sure?

I hope. I am sure.

Sit down. Put your hands

where I can see them.

Raisa.

Sir. At the tractor factory. A man

was attacked in the administration office.

What happened?

It's just some

employment files were stolen.

They're here.

That's his car. He knows.

Please, be careful.

Leo. There's somebody up there.

- Stay here.

- Leo, be careful.

You have come.

Brings back memories, doesn't it?

These woods and banks.

Scrounging for... grub.

Rat.

Cat if we were lucky.

Always so hungry.

Some of us even ate each other.

The weaker ones.

I know who you are, Demidov.

I know you were in an orphanage,

just like me.

Who in the whole country

does not know that?

How the war redeemed you.

Made you into a hero.

Some of us were not so lucky.

I was a surgeon in the army.

But no matter.

At the end of the day,

hero,

monster...

We are both killers, you and I.

Tell me...

are there no children

on your conscience, Leo?

You knew what you were doing

and you chose to do it.

But me,

I can't help it.

I can't.

Drop the gun, Leo. Drop it.

Get up here.

Get down.

You know, this...

this reminds me of that...

of that farmer, Okun.

Was he innocent, Leo?

Are you innocent?

Are you?

Please... please.

My big brother.

Always telling me

what's right and wrong.

- I never wanted this, Leo.

- Please.

- Never.

- Please.

Don't look at me. Don't look at me.

Vasili!

Son of a b*tch!

Leo!

F***ing b*tch!

Leo!

Leo!

Vasili!

God.

Halt!

Officer,

this man...

this man is a criminal.

Your superior officer, he...

he died while trying to apprehend him.

This man... this man is a hero.

This officer is hero!

Congratulations on your reinstatement.

Major Kuzmin was arrested

yesterday, you know.

- Yes, I heard.

- He was an old guard appointee.

- We live in new times, Demidov.

- Yes, I have heard.

I've been authorized

to offer you a promotion.

In the new state security organization.

And a clear path to a political role,

should you want it.

- Please.

- No, please.

I am good standing. Feels fine.

Vlad Malevich.

Pravda labeled him

"The Werewolf of Rostov."

Werewolf?

We discovered he spent two years

in a German camp during the war.

Now anybody who survives two years

in that situation must have been turned.

Obviously, we repatriated a Nazi agent.

Wouldn't you agree?

It's possible.

But was he not brought up

in a Russian orphanage, no?

We believe he was trained to take

revenge on us for their defeat.

They wanted the Russian people

to believe that our society

could produce such a monster.

Whereas, obviously, he was corrupted

and transformed by his time in the West.

Was that not your thinking, Demidov?

- It is very difficult.

- Difficult? Why difficult?

No, it's very difficult

to ascertain exactly...

which society is responsible for causing

Vlad Malevich to become what he was.

Bullshit.

Sir, if I may, I wish to refuse your offer

and make a request of my own.

Really?

Go on.

I want to create and take charge

of Moscow homicide department.

And what need is there

of such a department?

As you said,

murder has been used before

to tear us down from within.

And Vlad Malevich?

Vlad Malevich, I would say

returned home

with a poisoned foreign heart.

Without doubt. Absolutely.

Good.

Just one thing I would like to ask you.

General Nesterov...

I would also like him

to work for this department.

I believe that his skills and ability

in matters of this kind

are exemplary.

I found them.

Would you like to see them?

Yes, please.

They are in the waiting room.

This way, please.

- Please.

- Da.

Please.

Hello.

This is my wife Raisa. She's a...

she's a teacher.

She teaches children.

Hello.

Elena, Tamara.

Why don't we all sit down?

It's much nicer sitting down.

Da.

We would like, if you want,

to give you a home. Our home.

Yes.

You came to our farm.

I mean, yes.

Yes, I did. I did. But...

We wanna look after you.

Take care of you.

As my husband said,

I can teach you how to read...

write. We can go to parks.

We have friends.

- There are a lot of things we can do.

- I can't bring your parents back.

I can't. I can't do that.

It's not possible.

I would like to.

Of course, I would. But I can't.

And I am sorry. I am truly very sorry.

We won't take you,

if you don't want to come with us.

- We can find you another family.

- Yes.

We promise you.

We won't leave you here.

Now we will go out for a walk

and you can think about it.

And then take your time.

Raisa.

Do you think that...

that I am...

That I am...

truly a frightful man?

You think that maybe I am...

a monster?

No.

No?

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