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3 YEARS EARLIER

Look at that teddy bear!

Hey there!

Thanks! Take it. Take it.

- Shall we go shopping? - Yes.

Sweetheart, come here.

Corning, darling.

Alisa, stay here. Play with the phone.

Daddy's trying on a jacket.

- Could you try this one on? - Sure.

It looks good.

- We have a sale on today. - Really?

- I'm going to womenswear. - OK.

We'll take it.

Alisa.

Alisa?

- What's wrong? - Wait!

- There was a girl here. Where is she? - I don't know.

- And your phone? - I gave it to Alisa.

Give me yours!

Have you seen a little girl with a yellow scarf?

Have you seen a little girl with a yellow scarf?

Quiet!

- Where did you get that? - Over there. I just found it.

Take it. And wait for me here.

Get out of the way!

Step aside!

Get out of the way!

Hey!

Alisa!

Alisa!

Alisa!

Good morning.

Morning.

Still can't trace the signal.

Today is Bondar's funeral. Can you cover for me?

Sure.

Thanks.

Not the same without her, is it?

I love you too.

Let me hug you once more.

I need to go.

Bye, Mummy!

FROM VADIM: HOW DO I FIND YOU? YOU DIDN'T LEAVE ANY COORDINATES

When did you guess about Bondar and The Seven?

From the start.

- Did you talk to him? - I tried, but he avoided the subject.

- Hello, Leonid. - Hi, Kolya.

He called me just before he died. He wanted to meet up and talk.

I think he was in trouble.

It's a pity you didn't meet up. If you're right,

he could have told us lots of interesting stuff.

And provided names.

Max?

What's going on?

We should slow down.

Hello?

I know what the numbers on the video mean.

- I'll meet you at the station. - OK.

And Max?

- Maybe he knows something. - No, he doesn't have a clue.

Max said you suspended his new partner. You shouldn't have.

He's going through a hard time, he's just lost his old partner.

Dad, I have to go. You can get a lift with the others.

Where are you going?

Naumova has an idea. It looks like it's our only lead.

OK. She can return to work.

Seeing as you're incapable without her.

Just don't drink tonight.

Thanks.

- I realised... - Let's talk inside.

- I can't, I'm suspended. - You've been reinstated.

How's that?

Thank my father. He knows how to talk to Gorai.

- What did he say to him? - No idea.

They have an understanding.

Welcome back.

I think the numbers on the kids' hands might be coordinates.

This must be latitude, and this is longitude.

We're missing two numbers. Can you figure it out?

Theoretically, it's where the kids are being held.

That makes sense. I'll try.

Coffee anyone?

Coffee's cancelled. We've got another kidnapping attempt.

Here's an idea.

What if responsibility for the crime is shared

between criminal and victim?

What if the victim is just as guilty as the criminal?

You'd say that's nonsense and you'd be right.

Or would you?

OK, let's put it another way.

What drives a criminal to commit a crime?

This is why I hate lecturing in the morning.

Everybody's still asleep.

Very often, the cause of a crime

is the provocative behaviour of the victim.

For example, acts of hooliganism, aggression,

direct or indirect humiliation, promiscuity...

FROM VLAD: COME OUT

I need to go.

Sometimes a victim, as provocateur,

sows the seeds of criminal intent.

Which then sprout inside a violent person's mind.

And very quickly it yields results, which we refer to here as...

a crime.

Please continue.

I was just momentarily distracted. But Sasha disappeared.

I spotted him next to a stranger's car.

I asked him why he went off without permission.

He said a man called him.

With these recent kidnappings,

I called the police straight away.

- What kind of car was it? - It was white.

- Do you recall the registration? - No, sorry. He sped off.

Are you sure the car was white?

Was it maybe beige, or silver?

What make of car?

Was it a minivan, an SUV,

an estate car?

Try to remember.

It's very important.

I don't know.

Sasha,

can you leave the tablet a minute and tell us what happened?

Sasha? I asked you something.

- He's scared. - Don't worry.

You did everything right.

Could you draw the man's car?

Good boy.

Did he give you these?

And asked you to get in the car?

You know, I've got a drawing too.

It's not as good as yours though.

Take a look.

Is this him?

May I?

Yes, go ahead.

I think I know him.

You should talk to my husband.

We're here to see Alexander Grinevsky.

- Hello, are you Mr Grinevsky? - Yes, that's me. What's this about?

We're from the police. We'd like to show you a photofit.

Let's go over here.

Thanks.

It looks like Roman Sviridov, but I'm not sure.

- Do you know him? - Yes, we worked together

on a tender for industrial software in Switzerland.

He won it and got a job in Zurich.

- So he moved? - Not really.

His 3-year-old daughter Alisa went missing. Kidnapped, apparently.

How did it happen?

She vanished from a shopping centre. In broad daylight.

The police couldn't help. Sviridov carried on looking for her.

But then her scarf was found in the river,

- so she was presumed drowned. - And the girl's mother?

She committed suicide.

- Sleeping tablet overdose. - OK. Where can we find Sviridov?

I have no idea. He disappeared after that.

Excuse me, I need to get back to work.

You should go home.

- What? - Someone tried to kidnap your son.

Roman Sviridov, 39 years old, software engineer. Got it?

We need his address and a photo.

- OK, I'll email them to you. - Great, thanks.

Shall we go?

We need something to link the kidnapped children with Sviridov.

Maybe there isn't one.

He wouldn't risk that much for no reason.

Let's start with Borovko.

Your gloves, what's...

the deal with them?

I was raped, got pregnant, had a baby girl and abandoned her.

Do you know who she is?

Oksana Shvets, 8 years old.

Her mother's a financier, her father's a lawyer.

- A nice, complete, happy family. - Have you tried to make contact?

I have no legal right.

But you know where they live.

How about this?

One year suspended sentence, you report in once a month.

- Is the court's decision clear? - Yes, Your Honour.

You know the drill.

- If I hear anything, I'll call you. - Thank you.

Don't get upset. Everything will be fine.

What is it? Have you found Alina?

No.

Do you know this man?

- Did he take her? - Look closely.

- No, I don't know him. - Are you sure?

Is this all you have?

Have you even looked for her?

I can't sleep, I constantly hear her voice.

I've been stuck at home for 5 days!

And you come here with a stupid photo of some random bloke?

I just got a suspended sentence so I have to behave.

So I'll go and keep my nose clean.

We have an address.

No water, no electricity. No one's been here for some time.

What's with the furniture?

Why didn't he just get rid of it?

He couldn't face touching his daughter's room.

Can we come in?

We believe that Roman Sviridov is our kidnapper.

His daughter went missing 3 years ago.

If Naumova is right and the numbers are coordinates,

there'll be another kidnapping.

Alina, aren't you scared?

My granny used to say if you believe in God,

then God will sweep away the fear with a big broom.

Bogdan's mother, Didi, sang at a corporate event where Sviridov worked.

He could have met the boy there.

Yes, and Grinevsky was his partner.

So Sviridov could know his son.

But why Alina Borovko?

Alisa.

Alina.

There's a striking similarity, don't you think?

There's the motive.

Hello?

I'm coming.

Hi.

- Hi. Sorry, I should have called. - It's OK.

You like white ones. See, I found you anyway.

You were out like a light yesterday. We barely talked.

Thanks for letting me crash. I needed it.

I could wait for you.

There's no need.

I'll see you then.

Varta?

You forgot these.

Where?

On the table.

Bondar owed me money. So I called him, that's when I found out.

You're not the only one.

Pasha, I'm just popping out.

I need to look something up in the archive.

Varta, something's come up. Can you do the night shift?

Are you sure you have nothing else on?

- No. - Thanks.

Nice flowers!

Hey.

Where the hell's his phone?

Has anyone gone through Bondar's belongings?

Check the registry.

Let me see.

PROTASOV

- Hey. - Hi.

- Did you get it? - Yes.

His phone records.

You should have said it was Bondar's number.

I owe you one.

The person you are calling cannot be reached right now.

Please leave a message after the tone.

Bullshit.

Picking up the cash yourself now. Have you run out of bent coppers?

Do you have the money?

It's as dark as your arsehole. Turn on the light.

Fine.

Let's see.

- Here. - Have any of our lot called you?

No, no one.

- Give me your phone. - Why?

- I said give me your phone. - OK.

Here.

- Don't stain the upholstery. - What?

- Are you feeling better? - Yes, much better.

Maybe it's time to go back to school?

To be certain it wasn't a virus we should wait a minimum of 3 days.

Incubation period!

- Did you wash your hands? - Yes.

Bring another one.

- Who's the nanny, you or me? - Don't be cheeky, you little monkey!

FROM VLAD: CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?

SOUNDS GREAT

- This one looks like you. - No, I hate rats.

Any news?

Look at this.

Sviridov's daughter had a bracelet with a GPS location tracker.

- What are you saying? - I know all the coordinate numbers.

Unit 1 to base.

Nobody's here. Call in Forensics.

Andrey, what have you got?

No traces of the children. No one's been here for some time.

From what I can tell, this toy's been here for years.

Thanks.

Collect what's on the floor and number them.

Kids, here? It's too humid.

We're missing something.

They've done a detailed search. There's nothing here.

Do you know what that graffiti is?

No idea.

It's the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

There's a legend about a musician who led 130 children out of the city.

They never returned.

It's his revenge for his daughter not being found.

Are you checking your phones?

- Not now, OK? - The video's dropped off.