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ACADEMIA

GALINA SUMINA

MAKSIM BITYUKOV

ELIZAVETA LOTOVA, ALEKSANDR KONSTANTINOV, VLADIMIR YURMATOV

ALEKSANDR YATSKO, IGOR YURTAEV, ERIC YARALOV

ACADEMIA

Yuriy Kuzmich, I had a look.

Young woman. Brutally murdered.

Beheaded, signs of torture.

Found at an incineration plant.

Apparently, they tried to get rid of the body.

We must interview the witnesses. Start the investigation process...

I don't know how to apply my experts' efforts.

Now take a look at this.

- What is it? - This is a burial site, Nastya.

Found in an abandoned industrial park.

All victims are women, all beheaded.

Killed one to five years ago.

Same pattern?

Same pattern.

Presumably a maniac. You know what? Look for connections.

This is the last victim.

Last? I hope so.

I mean, previous victims will arrive later.

Four more women.

Yes. I saw the shots. The bodies were skeletonized,

so it won't be very informative.

I have high hopes for this guest.

- Good. Then get to work. Later. - OK.

Investigative committee. We're here to see the CEO.

Open the trunk please.

Do you search all the cars that come in?

We search all the cars that come in and out. Even CEO's.

- Come on in. - Thanks.

Hello.

Oh, yes, hello, Anastasia Vladimirovna.

I'm admiring my possessions.

On the surface they seem ugly, terrible. But...

There's some kind of beauty about them. Don't you think?

- Beautiful. - I took those myself.

- Come in, take a seat. - Thank you.

I prepared the layout for you. Here.

Katyenka!

Bring Savrasov in, please.

Yes, Dmitriy Vladimirovich.

This is the layout of our entire plant.

I have no idea

how that woman could be brought in here.

We have entry and exit control.

- Cameras everywhere. - Yes.

- Yes. - May I?

Savrasov, come in.

By the way, he found the remains of that woman.

Sit down and tell us what happened.

The second furnace stopped.

No, no, no. Show us where and what. Go ahead.

Ah. Well, here, here's the entrance.

And the second furnace is here.

The furnace feeder got clogged.

According to the indicator.

The sorters are constantly putting in bulky waste.

Tell us about your stuff.

I'll deal with the sorters myself.

- Criticizer. - What?

My job is fixing the furnace, that's all.

So I'm cleaning in there... And then...

An arm or something...

I didn't believe it at first.

Thought maybe it was a dummy.

And then I saw it...

The head had been cut off.

Good. Thanks. Can we check all the rooms?

Yes of course. It's a copy. I prepared it for you.

- Go. - Thanks.

I'll show you the way.

- Thanks. - I want a report.

OK. The torture marks on the body of the woman from the plant

and on the older ones are undoubtedly identical.

For example, you can see that the limbs were sawn through.

- God, what is it, why? - Yeah. Another interesting fact.

The woman from the plant had venereal granuloma.

Is that an STD?

Yes. Venereal granuloma, it's...

It's donovanosis, a rare venereal disease...

It's rare here. But in the tropics it's quite common.

Rare... But was she treated for it?

Yes. I found letomycin in her blood.

It's an antibiotic...

Granin calling.

Excuse me.

It's an antibiotic used in the treatment of donovanosis.

So, if this disease is rare...

And she was treated for it, then

we can try to establish her identity.

Oksa, will you do it?

Good. If she was treated at a state clinic,

there should be records in the Health Department database.

OK, I'll check.

Great. Now let's think

how this woman ended up on the plant.

Theory number one: security gate.

But there's security. They search everyone. Maybe conspiracy?

How do we check?

- Well, the security cameras. - Yes.

Right. Thank you, Oksa. The security cameras.

The CEO mentioned them.

Theory number two, then.

She got there in one of the employee's cars.

Again, we can check the security cameras.

What if she was brought in a garbage truck?

Good theory.

Yeah, interesting. If she was already dead, it's possible.

You know, I'll check it.

- How? - I'll tell you later.

Let's get to work then, colleagues. I'll go to the crime scene.

I have people working there.

Well, Anastasia Vladimirovna, this is now your office.

Here's the layout.

Take a look. Maybe you did forget something.

Thank you.

Anastasia Vladimirovna, we did the inspection. Nothing suspicious.

Can we see the recordings from the security cameras?

Just a second.

I have a guy...

Artyom! Artyom, where are you? Not far? Good.

Pop into my deputy's office. Yes. Now!

This is our sysadmin. He will explain everything.

I'd like to see the area around the plant. Can I?

Of course. Please.

Come on, come on.

Artyom, please tell me how we can give the police

all the recordings from the cameras.

- I can record them to a hard drive. - That's it. He can record them.

- How long do you keep the recordings? - Òhree days.

Why only three?

Don't have the budget for equipment upgrade.

OK. Enough of this...

This is completely out of hand. Get back to work!

Another criticizer! It's not a highly profitable business.

Artur. We already checked this wing.

This one too, I think.

Oksa, hi.

Go through this hard drive, please.

A whole HD! What's on it?

Three days' footage from the plant's security cameras.

We must go through it fast, without spending three days,

look for anything suspicious. Can't miss anything.

Fine. I'll fast forward it using motion detection.

What kind of suspicious?

A car that wasn't searched, something like that.

OK. Oh, by the way. Nastya, I checked...

The deceased. Karina Koryakina.

I called the clinic, it all matches. I got her phone number and address.

Wrong address though.

Yes. They also said it was Karina Ishtar Koryakina.

- Ishtar? - Yes.

This is from mythology...

Babylonian. Patroness of prostitutes.

OK. What have we got? A venereal disease, the name Ishtar...

So she was a prostitute?

I don't know.

If so, she was a sofisticated one.

Her file says she's a student of the Faculty of Philosophy.

It happens.

So we have a phone number. What do we do with it?

Actually, I called this number. And they picked up.

Female voice. But as soon as I mentioned

Investigative Committee, they hung up.

Why did you call? Did I ask you to?

- I wanted to help. To find out... - Find out what?

You only need to find out what I say. Where is Kirill?

- I don't know. - There? In his lab?

I guess.

Nastya, do you want to watch the autopsy?

No, Kirill, count me out.

Fine. Counting you out.

Well?

I examined the contents of the patient's... victim's lungs.

Regarding your option number three.

OK. The garbage truck option.

Yes. Not possible.

Because during decomposition wastes produce methane or hydrogen sulfide...

And if the victim had spent

even a little time deep inside a garbage truck...

Sorry.

- Who is that? - No one.

Anyway. I would definitely have found traces of methane or hydrogen sulfide.

Not possible. What if she was brought there dead?

Yep. There's another fact

I discovered. There's coal dust in her lungs.

And they use coal at the plant to burn waste.

Yeah. I thought so. She was brought to the plant alive.

Otherwise there'd be no dust in her lungs.

- So this theory is wrong. - Yes.

OK. Thank you for the information, Kirill.

And one more favor. I need you as a man.

- What? - I need a male voice.

I want you to call this number.

Our deceased, her name is Karina.

If my theory is confirmed, she was a prostitute.

This is her phone number.

Now some other girl is answering.

Call her and talk to her.

OK but not here, in front of Karina.

Hello.

Hello! I need Karina.

- She's not here. - I was told it was her number.

This is Alisa. We work together. But she's not here now.

Well, then, Alisa...

Then let's meet, Alisa.

OK. Three grand per hour.

Maybe two and a half?

Look, go to MKAD if you wanna bargain.

OK, OK, fine. Agreed.

Can you tell me where we, you know...

Tell me the address. We're call girls. Don't have apartments.

Where? You mean, my place?

Yours or your grandma's. I don't care. The address...

Nastya, it feels wrong to bring her to my place...

Kirill, we can't bring her to the academy! She'll know something's off.

Fine. OK.

- Stall her. I'm on my way. - OK.

Kirill! Why aren't you answering your phone? I had to track you down.

You should be tracking down my wife. Or she'll find a better match.

Come on, don't be like this, man. Who needs this confrontation?

First of all, don't be familiar.

Second, I won't make any concessions

until they let me see my son. Is that clear?

- Here? - I don't mind.

I don't get it. I don't work with two at once.

Extra if one is watching!

You dare mention the kid, huh?

Kid? I don't understand.

There's nothing to understand. Get out of here. Get out!

- Kirill, who is this? - Kirill, what's going on?

I work with couples. But it's extra. Double if he'll watch.

I'm not going to hide anything from Alla. Everything I saw here, I...

You saw nothing here. You heard nothing.

Don't interfere in an investigation!

Alisa, you'll be interrogated.

Kirill.

This is absurd... I can see why Alla couldn't take it anymore.

Here, tea, please.

- Got anything stronger? - No.

Alisa, I want to know what happened to Karina.

How do I know? She went to see a client and didn't come back.

Did you call the police?

Why? What would you even do?

A lot of girls went missing recently.

I'm thinking about working for a salon. Less money but there's protection!

What do you mean - missing? Under what circumstances?

I don't know exactly. My friend told me.

Like, a client calls.

Arrives in a car with tinted windows. Can't see who's inside.

A girl gets in, and that's it.

Last time anyone sees her. That's the story.

I wonder how she worked. Did you know she was sick?

You mean pimples? You can't even tell.

Especially with a rubber.

Alisa, I won't take any more of your time. Kirill, please.

What about money for the call?!

I can drive you to the police station, if you want, pay you there.

You're good with that?

- Nastya. - What?

Now what?

Now I'll finish my tea and go home. Because we have nothing.

Nastya.

Maybe you can stay?

What?

Nastya, wake up. You'll be late for work.

Yes.

Anastasia Vladimirovna, we got them.

Who?

We detained the suspects at the plant, where you ordered to arrange an ambush.

Good. Thank you, Artur. I'm on my way.

Hello. Wow!

Familiar faces!

OK.

Mr. Khabarin

arrived at a prearranged spot by the plant fence.

In a Zhiguli.

Model 6. In the meantime, Mr. Savrasov

threw a bag with unknown contents over the fence.

We got an order for their arrest.

Turned out, it was coal. The report.

Thank you, Artur. Well, guys?

Stealing coal?

We did it totally within the law, as they say.

Savrasov, cut the crap.

If you dragged coal out,

you probably dragged something in. Women, for example.

- Tied up. In bags. - What are you talking about?

There are whispers:

some thugs are burning corpses at our plant.

They whack someone in a shootout and burn them in a furnace.

These rumors are unfounded.

The deceased was still alive when she was brought to the plant.

She was tortured and killed in the plant.

- What do you mean - in the plant? - Yeah.

Why are you so surprised?

Well...

Vasiliy Dmitrich...

Who is Vasiliy Dmitrich?

Head of security?

Yeah...

Anyway, two months ago...

We're carrying coal to that same place after the shift...

Then we see Vasiliy Dmitrich...

A chick steps out of a car. Ginger.

- And I understand that... - What happened next?

Next...

We reached an agreement, like gentlemen, and left.

But this...

Is Vasiliy Dmitrich a suspect? He's such a great guy.

OK. I see. You'll pay for theft.

As for other suspicions – we'll see how the investigation goes..

OK, Artur. Let's go?

See Vasiliy Dmitrich.

You stay here. They'll come and get you.

Oksa, did you check the recordings from the security cameras?

Yes, Nastya. There's nothing suspicious.

All cars get searched.

I could even see the contents of the trunks. Everything is OK.

And the car of head of security?

- Which one is that? - I don't know. Find out.

- Yes ma'am! Over. - Over and out. Bye.

He is completely at your disposal. Interrogate him!

- Torture him! - Dmitriy Vladimirovich!

Calm down. We aren't torturing anyone.

But we'll need the computer of the detained.

Artyom! You know what to do.

Yes, Dmitriy Vladimirovich.

Good. Now go!

He'll do it in no time.

Dmitriy Vladimirovich.

Can I interrogate him without third parties present?

You mean... I see.

I got it. Third party leaving.

- Thanks. - I'm out.

Go ahead.

Who is the woman you brought to the plant about 3 months ago?

And where is she now?

I don't know what to say. Three months...

She had ginger hair. Do you remember?

Ginger! She's the reason you're pressing me?

OK, I confess.

Guilty. I give lifts to girls every now and then.

- Explain. - What's there to explain...

I have a wife and kids at home. Every day is the same.

I need to blow off steam! Ah, you wouldn't understand.

So it's perfectly normal here

to bring prostitutes to work and have fun with them?

Why prostitutes? Decent ladies too.

I have a very nice coach in my office.

Do you still have any of those girls' numbers?

- Like that ginger? - I don't, my wife can find them!

Why would I?

I see. Your story is very smooth.

We'll surely check it.

Artur.

Fill out an undertaking not to leave the place.

Excuse me.

Can a third party enter his office and get some papers?

Yes. Of course. Dmitriy Vladimirovich,

I'd like to inspect the entire territory of the plant once again.

I need a companion.

What's in there?

There? No idea. All these years I work here, nobody ever goes there.

What are you looking for, exactly?

Your colleague has already checked everything here!

At least one woman was tortured and killed in your plant.

I want to find out where.

Help me.

- Why is this room not in the layout? - I have no idea.

What are you doing? Not without CEO's permission.

Light!

- Did you connect it? - Almost.

- Is it a new computer? - An old one.

Belongs to our suspect.

Head of security. Please check it thouroughly.

Yes, it's on.

We were at the plant.

Saw the place where the women were tortured.

Creepy place. So weird...

With such a sophisticated set of tools...

Border lights...

Show me the security cameras.

A car. They aren't looking inside.

All windows are tinted.

They are completely tinted.

You can bring an elephant and no one will notice.

It all fits together.

Alisa, a friend of Karina's, told Zorina about a car with tinted windows.

That's how they kidnapped women.

Look, we need evidence against this Vasiliy Dmitrich.

Oksa, check the computer.

Find a connection with Karina and the other deceased.

Find correspondence, photos, anything.

OK.

Kirill, what happened to your phone? Why aren't you picking up?

Because in the rare moments when I manage to do science,

I try not to get distracted by external stimuli.

Actually, there's a reason why I'm calling.

And it happens to be scientific. Here, look.

The expert committee is requesting

more data on your catalyst.

Hold on, I don't understand. What expert committee?!

The academic council. They are interested in the synthesizing method.

Hold on! How does this academic council know about my catalyst?

It's my personal research. I didn't even put it in the lab work plan.

Kirill, calm down. You didn't, I did.

By the way, I already applied for a grant.

So now you and I will just quickly prepare all the

information, and that's it!

A huge piece of funding is in our pocket.

Wait. You do realize I conducted this study unofficially?

Yeah...

To avoid sensationalism, so to speak.

So that they don't think I'm a charlatan! What does it say?

Here, read it.

Raises doubts... Suspected research fraud...

Kirill, for god's sake, don't be a child. I believe in you!

We'll just do this fast and that's it!

These criticizers will crash and burn!

You and I will crash and burn.

If the experiment fails again,

the scientific community will see us as charlatans, thanks to you.

So how am I supposed to report to the academic council?

I gave them a fake, is that it?

Now that's not my concern.

When you take credit for someone else's scientific ideas,

you should at least understand the topic.

Don't complain about maggots in a stolen apple!

You!

Traitor!

Vika! Vika!

Are you in trouble, Kirill?

Trouble? No, it's OK. Everything is just great.

- Don't take it out on me. - Sorry.

Sorry, it's just so... I...

Oksa, what is it?

Oksa! Oksa!

- That's all, I hope. - Yes. Thank god.

Yes. What kind of psyche is that? How is it possible?!

Sadism is a complicated matter. But there's something else here.

Did you notice how it was shot?

Lights, layout, editing.

Timelapse in the most interesting scenes.

Yes. We found a whole TV studio at the plant.

Lights, torture tools. A whole arsenal.

- What are they, sadists, aesthetes? - Rather, businessmen.

- Looks like we're dealing with snuff. - Export?

Yes. There are places where you can get good money for such videos.

Yes. Wow, Dmitriy Vasilich.

No, that's not him.

This executioner with a mask has a more lean physique.

So head of security is filming.

- Who is head of security? - Former military.

Too professional for a former military.

You're an aesthete, Dr.Rotkin! I see you liked the movie!

I'm just saying we need to talk to this former military.

And to figure out the dark curves of his psyche...

What is this nasty stuff?!

- You've never seen this before? - No.

This video was found on your computer.

Get it away from me! Impossible!

I didn't have anything like that on my computer!

Easy. No matter what you say, we found these videos

on your personal computer.

You're head of security at the plant where they were shot.

I don't understand... You put this in my computer, come on!

- I just don't understand why! - Fine.

Interrogation is over.

But you're released on your own recognizance.

Artur.

Well, I watched him.

You know, either he's a good actor, or he really has nothing to do with it.

Well, Dr.Rotkin, I knew that already.

Will you share your therapy practice with me?

Nastyenka.

To understand is not enough. I don't just understand people.

I help them.

In my case, I have to help myself.

Can we somehow prove that it was

Dmitriy Vasilich who uploaded these files to the computer?

Can we prove it? I guess we can't.

I just see that the files were recorded when he was logged in.

- I see the dates. Hold on... - What?

Weird. Some files were created at the same second.

- That's weird? - That's impossible, actually.

He couldn't have created several files at the same second.

I think someone simply changed the dates.

- Who? - Well...

It must've been done by someone

who knows something about all this.

I don't know... A sysadmin, for example.

- Open the video! - Why?

Because. Open it.

Pause.

Right. Looks like him.

- Same physique. - Looks like who?

This plant's sysadmin.

Oksa, I'm afraid you'll have to check another computer.

OK.

You often work late. What's the reason?

I just...

Browse the Internet, play.

Did you access other employees' computers remotely?

Yeah. I told you I have access.

But only if I had to. To help or something.

Fine, you're free to go.

Can I... Have my computer back?

We'll see. Depends on what we find.

Maybe we'll give it back, maybe it will be part

of the evidence.

Artur.

Well, Dr.Rotkin? What's your diagnosis?

The diagnosis is, the guy is burdened with lots of insecurities.

Yeah. Doesn't look like a maniac. Seems too timid for that.

That's the thing.

You know, such introvert still waters

run very deep quite often.

So you think that's him in the video?

And he recorded the files on the computer to set up head of security?

It's possible. But the question remains, who was holding the camera?

Yes. And who was bringing the victims to the plant?

It all seemed to fit.

Head of security in a car with tinted windows...

But this one doesn't even have a car.

I think there are more cars with tinted windows at the plant.

Yes. We must check.

Also, I sent a request to the FSS.

They confirmed that these snuffs were never on the market.

So this man was doing it just for his own pleasure.

Oksa!

Did you spend the night at this computer?

Yeah... Wasn't an easy task.

Found anything in this genius's computer?

Yeah. He encoded everything damn well.

I decoded it. But there's nothing that can help us get him.

Nothing at all?

You know, we found out that not only head of security

but also the plant's CEO uses this car with tinted windows.

I already entered the network.

The computer named Director 9 must be ours.

Why Director 9? Director 9. Strange. Fine.

OK. Scanning...

You know, even if we find these files in CEO’s computer,

we won't have a hundred percent evidence against them.

Either of them.

- But there are two of them. - And?

It's like in the game theory, in maths. There's a dilemma.

It's called Prisoners' Dilemma.

You question two prisoners separately.

If one betrays the other, he gets away with it.

If both deny everything, they get a short-term sentence.

If both betray, they get a long-term sentence.

So you benefit from turning in your accomplice.

Mathematically, it makes more sense to deny everything.

But if one finds out that the other betrayed him,

he'd rather betray his friend. For him not to get away with it.

OK, we can try bluffing.

Now this is interesting.

There were similar video files here.

- Were? - Yeah. They're empty.

Deleted permanently.

I see the size. There's nothing.

It's a pity. So we have to bluff.

You're taking all my computers!

I'll have nothing to work with.

You interrogated Artyomka for some reason.

Do you think he killed someone?

To be sure, we need to speak with Artyom again.

- Can I use this office? - Yes, yes, of course.

Make yourself comfortable.

Make yourself at home. Sure.

Am I a third party again? Should I leave?

If you don't mind.

- May I? - Artyom?

Come in.

Sit.

Artyom, do you know why you're handcuffed?

- No. - Because CEO turned you in.

I don't understand.

That's you in this videos, right? The snuffs?

Did you torture those women?

You shouldn't deny it.

I'm telling you: CEO turned you in.

He didn't really know what was happening here.

Thought you were just shooting pornography, covered up for you.

Now he'll get a suspended sentence, and you'll get a life sentence.

Well?

Are you gonna talk?

Let's go to my office.

There is coffee, cognac. We'll have a chat.

We shouldn't stay out here.

What can they talk about for so long?

Thank you for the coffee and cognac. But we'll wait here.

Relax. I just...

Well?

Dmitriy Vladimirovich. Come on in.

- Yes. - Please.

After you. I'm kidding, of course.

I see you uncuffed my employee. Is he cleared of suspicion?

We released him on his own recognizance.

The thing is, he told us everything.

- Told you what? - About you.

What could he tell you about me?

Please share! Maybe I don't know something about myself.

He testified against you.

And he's prepared to do it in court.

He didn't really know what was going on here.

He thought you were just making a movie.

Anyway, he turned you in.

And now...

He'll get a suspended sentence, and you'll get a life sentence.

Didn't know? He didn't know?!

Is this some kind of prank?!

Why are you yelling? Does it look like a prank?

You can suggest your story.

Then it will be Artyom's testimony against yours.

But remaining silent won't do you...

Anastasia Vladimirovna, a word? This is very urgent.

I'll be back in a minute. Think it over.

- What? - The IT guy escaped.

- Escaped? - Yeah.

He needed a toilet, there was another exit. I hadn't checked.

Easy, easy. Stop shouting.

OK. Looks like CEO escaped too.

Let's try to catch him.

Stop. There's some noise.

Freeze! Hands up!

- Come down here! - Yes, yes, yes. See?

- I'm coming down. - Where's Artyom?

Artyom? He was with me.

I tried to persuade him not to make false accusations.

I told security to let him through. But he escaped.

- Escaped? - Yes. That way!

Go ahead, catch him!

Your phone! Where is it?

Artur, call Artyom.

Sysadmin.

Cuff him.

Go! Move!

Wait.

You even killed your accomplice?

Yes. That was me. That was all me.

But I confess, I never touched anyone.

I only watched.

It was all Artyom.

Turned out, he'd killed before, buried corpses in a waste ground.

But...

I saw some kind of beauty in it.

Try to understand.

He got me into this. I only bought the equipment.

I... I enjoy things like that...

I just do...

Oh, really?

Now you'll experience it yourself, in prison!

- You're so mean... - Move.

I rarely see such atrocities, even with my job!

Don't think about it. Let's change the subject.

Fine, Kirill.

What happened between you and Vika Gnatiuk?

Why did she make a scene yesterday?

It's a ridiculous situation.

She submitted unverified information to the academic council.

Preliminary data on my experiment.

Now she'll be branded as a charlatan of science.

Not me. I'm nobody at this university.

Well, she had it coming. But this is your fault as well.

You've let her exploit your achievements for so many years!

I have. Because science is the most important thing for me!

The discovery itself, not the person who made it...

Fine. They'll deal with it somehow.

Let's go to the movies?

That was unexpected.

Unexpected. Such things are always unexpected.

- OK? - OK.

Hello. Hi.

I have information that might interest you.

Doesn't matter who it is.

Just tell your client Alla Lemke: I got evidence.