Leviathan Page #3

I'm staying here.

Let's drink.

"The actions of Vadim Shelevyat

caused great harm to my family.

"He was not authorised to implement

a ruling yet to come into effect

"and he committed a criminal act

"as defined by Article 330

of the Criminal Code.

"Pursuant to Articles 285 and 330

of the Criminal Code

"and Article 141

of the Criminal Procedural Code,

"I request an inquiry

into these actions

"and, pending evidence,

a criminal case to be opened."

Take that, arsehole.

Here's another one, Kolya.

What?

Look.

"Darwin's term for directional

and irreversible historical

"development of life."

9 letters.

A prolonged leap

from the twat to the grave.

What's with the swearing,

Sergeant Potty Mouth?

- Takes one to know one.

- Sure does.

"E-vo-lu-tion."

It fits.

Good morning.

Are you almost done?

Yeah, yeah.

Another half hour or so.

I've written it.

Just sign it, and we'll be off.

Dima!

I'm not sure if Kolya told you,

but I just had a birthday.

Happy birthday.

So I invite you to join us tomorrow.

Campfire, kebabs, vodka,

a bit of shooting...

My treat.

Shooting - as in, hunting?

Of course not.

We're going with women and kids.

We'll just do

a little target practice, for fun.

Is it far?

Hundred kilometers or so.

We'll leave early, hit the booze,

shoot a little and come back.

- I'd love to.

- Excellent.

Kolya, I'm ready when you are.

Pardon me?

Are you the victim?

No, Mr Sergeyev is the victim.

I'm his lawyer.

Off he goes.

Reporting to his superiors.

Lilya, got any water?

I have a feeling he won't accept it.

- Can he do that?

- Sure.

Even though he has to by law.

So what then?

We go to the prosecutor's office,

And then court.

If necessary, we'll file a complaint

about this guy too.

We'll need all the facts,

even the minor ones.

Are you going to fight

the whole town?

These animals are not

the whole town.

Kolya, you know what I mean.

Where did our lieutenant go?

Just wait.

Hey there, lieutenant!

Where are you?

Sir, calm down!

What's this racket?

Everything's OK.

- I'm not talking to you.

- Will it be long?

What's this behaviour?

Why are you making trouble?

Detain this one.

Put him in custody!

Take him to a cell.

The prosecutor is not here,

and I'm not authorised.

I can't accept your statement.

And there's not a soul

in the entire office besides you?

No one who is authorised.

Did they all get drafted?

You don't think it's strange?

No.

We only have two of them.

The public prosecutor is off sick,

and the detective is out on a case.

You can mail it in. Or go to court.

OK, I get it.

Give me a refusal note in writing.

I told you:
I'm not authorised.

Hello. I need to see the judge.

No one's here.

- No one at all?

- No one.

No assistants or secretaries?

- When will they be in?

- I've not been informed.

- I see.

- Goodbye.

Thanks.

- Up the stairs, third floor.

- Thanks.

Why aren't you answering your phone?

I called and called.

Seriously?

That little devil Vitya

must have been playing with it.

Surrender!

- Why try to kill me?

- 'Cause you're pretty!

- Say hello to Lilya!

- Howdy!

Men are all the same. First,

you're pretty. Next, they'll kill you.

Angela, where's Pasha?

I've already heard

of your crusades earlier today.

- Take a seat.

- Thank you.

- What's your name, I forget?

- Dmitry.

Right. So, you're really trying

to stick it to me, aren't you?

You asked for it.

But that's nothing, Vadim,

in comparison

to what's in this folder.

Here, take a look.

There's nothing

you don't already know,

but it's good to refresh

your memory sometimes.

This conversation is off

to a strange start.

How so?

I thought we were going to talk

about your friend.

As in, about our litigation

or something else?

Something else.

You must mean his unlawful detention?

Article 301

of the Russian Criminal Code.

It's good you've been notified.

Vadim, it would be great

if you saw to it that justice is served

and those responsible

for this outrage are punished.

I would be glad to help, but...

But you don't see what's in it for you?

Just look in the folder.

Take a look.

You'll see that Kolya's release

is only the first step.

Here's what I think we'll do,

young man.

I'll let your Kolya out,

and you'll gather your stuff

and quietly go back

to where you came from.

- To Moscow?

- Yeah, back to Moscow.

Vadim, I'm afraid

Ivan would not have that.

He'd say,

"Dima, why didn't you do

"everything in your power

to restore justice?"

You know Ivan personally?

Ivan Kostrov?

We're talking about him, right?

Of course I do. You bet.

We're pals.

He's a lawyer, I'm a lawyer.

Moscow is a huge,

but close-knit city.

No one is out of reach.

And if I don't read this, then what?

Doesn't matter.

Take my word for it:

the facts in there are damning.

You know what I'm talking about.

They are, after all, your handiwork.

Horrible stuff.

How do you sleep at night?

So,

let's make a deal, or else...

Or else what?

Oh, it's hard to even imagine

what would happen.

All within the provisions of the law,

of course.

Firstly, your name would be all over

the newspapers and the Internet

and on TV, all over the news.

You youngsters

like playing with fire.

Vadim,

you're not exactly an old man either.

Or is it time to retire? No?

Have you thought of that?

Come back with the tea later, Yulia.

Right. Let's see it.

Let's see what you're trying

to stick us with here.

A horror movie with you in the lead.

How did it go? They cuffed him

and threw him in the cage.

What did he do? Nothing!

Last night, the mayor barreled in,

drunk, told 'em to pack their things.

They had

another court hearing yesterday.

Yes, they're getting demolished.

That's all.

This morning, they went to the police

to drop off a statement

and they took Kolya in.

Lilya is sitting right here with me.

Don't be dumb,

I'm not calling just for a chat.

Tell Stepanych to get his arse

to the police department.

We have to get Kolya out of there.

Good.

Yeah, you'd better go yourself.

And call us right away.

We're stressing out here.

And pick up when I call,

or I'll worry. OK then.

What?

Me too.

OK, Pasha, go already. Bye.

- Something like that.

- Thanks.

Don't worry, they'll get him out.

They got Vova out 5 times.

He was in for real stuff - fighting,

theft...

Mum, I'm hungry.

Go play outside.

Dinner's not ready yet.

- Can I?

- What?

- Go outside?

- I just told you, go!

But not too far. If you go

to building 9 again, I'll kill you!

- OK, Mum!

- And put your hat on!

Come on in.

It's OK, honey. We'll pull through.

We'll get all hands on deck

and do a great job.

Won't be fancy, but it'll be homely.

Won't it?

Let's go look at the kitchen.

There's even a radiator in here.

You hear me?

Let's say you got me. Now what?

That depends on you.

I got that much. What do you want?

You're the second public official today

to use that tone with me.

Don't beat around the bush.

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