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And where's the insurance

for the cargo?

What date was it issued?

And where's the Carnet?

The weight is off.

Hello.

Obviously, we need to take your

vehicle to the service area.

- Do they have transit visas?

- No.

Take it away!

Go!

The main thing is you got your

insurance at the wrong place.

If you were insured with us,

you wouldn't need a transit visa.

I'm tired of repeating this

to your colleagues.

Everything's fine. Don't worry.

It's not your fault.

Go over to the other side.

Stick out your hands.

And hitch a ride.

- I can't see you. Which way now?

- Now to your right.

OK...

And now along the field.

Ah, yes, now I see you!

Him? Eight years ago,

at a brides fair, in Moscow.

You've been married

for eight years already?

Yes. He proposed to me

forty-four minutes after we met.

Eight years and only one master.

You're wonderful.

You have lively eyes.

Eight years on,

and the thing is gone.

And lively hands.

Beautiful fingers.

Are you married?

No, I got divorced

back at the Academy.

Have you had many lovers?

I haven't had a lover

in two years. Only fantasies.

Like what?

Well, for example,

I'm naked, on all fours.

Two men have just brutally

raped me for a long time.

I am on the sand.

I sink my hands

into the sand and cry.

And at that moment one of those

pigs cums on my back.

Viktor! Come sit with us!

Have a seat,

make yourself at home.

We've barely seen

each other lately.

Rarely and formally.

Tell me, how's your life?

- My life? It's fine!

- I can see that.

And inside? What kind of thoughts

have you been having?

Thoughts?

Everything we could say to each

other we said a long time ago.

And we're not able

to say anything new.

Why's that?

Because we've been saying

the same things year after year.

Over and over, like machines.

Let's not be like machines. Let's

say something new to each other.

Look at me and look at yourself.

Eyes are imperfect instruments.

You can't trust them.

But if I squint like this, I can

tell that you've got about 86%.

Of sh*t!

- If I'm 86 then what are you?

- 74.

- How can you be so precise?

- I look in the mirror every morning.

You're not five years old.

There has to be a limit.

No, there doesn't.

No limits at all.

There should be no limits at all.

Taya!

Are you bored?

- And you?

- Just the opposite.

I feel kind of good and cheerful.

I've never felt like this.

Lately I've been crazy cheerful.

Have you had this feeling?

I did. I got used to it

and then it passed.

Have you seen Zoya?

Give me your hand.

Why not?

Taya, you're too stable!

Viktor, you've got to get up.

- Why?

- It's not right, there are guests.

Mitka, then you! Get up!

What an extraordinary feeling...

youth, freedom, happiness.

It feels like

you've been set free.

Everything around is new

and different.

Everything is open. There's

no need to hold yourself back.

You're flying, soaring, growing.

It's like when you seem to be

asleep, but you've already woken up.

- Taya, what's happening to us?

- It makes everything grow.

Like after a rain.

Not just hair, but everything.

But it doesn't always grow right.

Sometimes good and sometimes not.

You feel like you can do anything.

Runium can only be found

in the mantle.

It's content in the earth's crust

is negligible.

It's essential in the production

of lasers and for managing reactors.

Although what's the point

of me telling you all this?

You started as a volcanologist,

didn't you?

You probably know all of this

perfectly well.

I do. I dreamed of becoming

a volcanologist since I was ten.

It's almost funny.

I loved watching things boil over

onto the stove like

milk or soup.

When my parents weren't there,

I would crank up the heat to speed

up the moment of "eruption".

And when I saw

a real eruption on TV,

I understood that

I couldn't help it.

So, this unique, one in the world

plant

was constructed...

...solely for the production of

this extremely rare element,

extracted from

an inexhaustible source,

volcanic gas from

our native Kamchatka.

It is processed in steel drums

lined with calcium oxide,

or in tantalum crucibles,

in a medium of pure argon.

To produce 10 grams of runium,

we have to process

nearly 400 billion cubic meters

of volcanic gas.

Your shoelace is untied.

The outpost, once every five

months,

is about seventy grams,

or around 30% of the annual

global demand for this unique element.

Viktor Georgievich,

welcome to our inner sanctum!

The Press can't enter.

It's a highly classified facility.

Before your eyes,

within a few seconds,

three twenty gram nuggets

of runium will be cast.

You'll see what this whole thing

was thought up for.

These few seconds will complete

a five month cycle of

the enrichment process.

And now you can actually

touch the nuggets.

- Careful! They're hot!

- I feel it.

By the way, it's malleable

and easily processed.

If desired, it can even

be used to make jewelry.

Although one nugget's worth more

than half a ton of gold.

It's not the cheapest element

in the periodic table!

Well, then, let's go.

Yes, the reception's

about to begin.

- Viktor Georgievich, excuse me...

- You're excused.

How am I going to report this?

To me, you've already reported it.

Hello, my heart! I have an

excellent idea!

Let's go hunting.

"I love animals"

No animals will get hurt.

Well, that's better.

It looks like a torch.

Let it be a torch.

Natasha, pass the goggles around.

Gentlemen, I have a small

presentation to make.

Irina, bring the samples.

On your computers I want you

to open the file "Project Posolon".

Now, let's put the goggles on.

Ready?

Now look at these

samples of aluminum sponge.

The left piece is from mine "A"

and the right from mine "B".

The two mines

are 120 kilometers apart.

Now tell me, what is the predominant

color of the left piece?

It's blue. Blue...

Yes, and in the right one

it's red.

Therefore, the blue piece

has a left-sided kerility,

and the red - right-sided.

The red sponge is

a useful mineral.

The blue sponge carries

a natural destructiveness.

Simply put,

it's a harmful mineral.

Viktor Georgievich, I don't quite

get it, what's the main idea?

The main idea,

my dear Anton Platonovich,

is that in nature there are no

ethically neutral substances.

In simplest terms, every substance

accumulates either good or evil.

We have a wonderful country.

Take a look.

Over there the sun has risen.

And 7000 kilometers in that

direction is the Yellow Sea.

is the Atlantic Ocean.

And there's the Arctic Ocean.

And it's all ours.

Can you believe it?

It's yours and mine!

- Do you love this road?

- It's not just a road.

It's the circulatory system

of the continent.

To the west - an artery.

To the east - a vein. Understand?

The semi's carrying illegals for

sure. It's waybill says six tons,

but it drives like it's empty.

- Where?

- Forty kilometers ahead of you.

Let them go into the field,

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