Original subtitles

What's going on? I don't know where Ksenia is!

What's wrong? Mr Blixen?

May I come in for a minute?

What did he tell you about Neftnik the other night?

Tom says this deal is going to be big.

All I want to know is how much trouble we are in.

TOM PANTS

THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE

FRANTIC YELLING

YELLING CONTINUES

GUNSHOT

HE SCREAMS

MAN RANTS

WHITE NOISE

HE BREATHES DEEPLY

MUSIC: Moscow Nights by Vladimir Troshin

MAN RASPS

DOOR BUZZER

DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS

DOOR ALARM

Tea, to keep you warm.

Mr Blixen, Tom,

everywhere I turn...

Ah, there you are. This is nothing to do with me.

I'm afraid that ship has sailed.

Mr Gusev called me, he wanted me to go there. Why did he call you?

He said there was something he wanted to tell me. About what?

I don't know.

And you just went straight away, at 6:00 in the morning?

Hm?

OK. Seeing as you wouldn't talk to me, let me do the talking.

Do you remember Elian Baranov?

You said you know him by reputation.

I have your fingerprints from his apartment.

One of very few people, in fact.

It seems the flat is cleaned thoroughly every week.

A few days later, I have you fleeing the scene of a multiple homicide

at the property of another of your business associates.

I have some photos I would like you to identify for me.

Is this Leonid Gusev?

Nadya Rustrova. My guess is the teeth were pulled out first.

How are you with pliers, Mr Blixen?

The guards and staff, they got the VIP treatment - bullet to the head.

They didn't suffer.

This, I'm sure they're familiar to you.

Ah. And this!

The geologist, Maria Yana, and her husband.

They were found dead a few days ago.

They were found dead in Siberia.

DIALOGUE DISTORTS

Have you been to Siberia lately, Mr Blixen?

LEAVES RUSTLE

PHONE RINGS OUT

LINE DISCONNECTS

You OK? Hm.

Mr Blixen, I'm not an idiot.

I know this is not the work of a Swedish tax analyst.

Investment banker.

I know you cannot be at Baranov's flat and murder him with a sniper

rifle through the window at the same time.

You didn't hold the gun, or knife, or the pliers.

I know that and you know that, as well, but the problem is...

..that important people are getting killed,

and other important people are going to want somebody to be tried.

Now, either you can help me to find that person, or be that person.

And believe me, Russian juries are notoriously unsympathetic

to rich foreigners like you killing for money.

Help you? How?

As I said, I know you didn't kill all these people.

But I believe you know who did.

I know as much as you do.

No, Tom, I cannot accept that.

Have you ever thought that sometimes maybe even you don't know

what you know?

What do you want? What was your business with Baranov and Gusev?

It's confidential.

Confidentiality, confidentiality, confidentiality.

Who do you think you're protecting with this silence, Mr Blixen?

Certainly not yourself.

Tom, you've been to Siberia...

I never said that. No.

The air company records did.

So you know it's a terrible, terrible, terrible shithole.

Do you really want to spend the rest of your life there

for the sake of clients' confidentiality?

Huh?

Fine. Suit yourself.

Oh. There's one more person I would like you to identify for me.

DISTANT YELLING

Who is this?

People come to Russia for all kinds of reasons.

To forget, to seek fortune, to gamble, to disappear,

to transcend themselves, to escape themselves,

or maybe a cocktail of all of them.

I want to be frank with you, Tom.

It's none of my business why you came to Russia,

and I don't really care what you used to be.

I only care about what you do while you're here.

This...

..I haven't seen it or heard about it.

Do we understand each other? Yes.

Yes, we do. Fine.

Then perhaps we can start again.

What exactly was your business with Baranov and Gusev?

HUBBUB

CROWS CAW

HORNS BLAST

HUBBUB

How are you, Tom? I've been better, sir, I've been better.

I'm afraid our legal system

has been somewhat undersupported over the years.

Not the kind of treatment you're used to in Sweden, I'm sure. No.

Sit down. Thank you.

So...what did they say?

I'm the suspect in ten murders.

HE CHUCKLES

Sorry, it's not funny.

You can relax.

Buying a state prosecutor is as easy as buying a cheeseburger.

Pioneer looks after its people.

TOM EXHALES Thank you, sir.

You can drop the sir.

What else did they say?

No, the ten murders were the main concern. Fine.

I can take care of it.

The main thing is you didn't tell them anything.

We all know how important it is

that all this RusOil deal is seen to be absolutely clean.

The last thing all of us need is some kind of investigation.

It just wouldn't look so good.

You would be surprised how competent the police can be,

knowing what they get paid.

And there are only so many bribes you can pay out

before people's conscience kicks into action.

Tom...

..they will come back.

Whatever they say to you, or offer, or threaten,

give them nothing, just nothing.

OK.

No details, no names.

Stick to that and you'll have nothing to worry about.

Thanks.

One more thing, Tom.

I imagine you must be worried about your friend, Kastrup.

Yes. That's conflict of interests.

Nothing wrong with it.

All of us have it now and then, but...watch it closely.

If you will take your eye off it, it will trip you up.

I will. Take some rest.

You'll need it.

Thank you.

DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS

PHONE RINGS

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

FLY BUZZES

GUNSHOT

Kastrup?

Have a seat.

Where is he?

You can talk to me.

I'll only talk to him.

Mr Kastrup... The papers are not in Moscow.

You won't find anything. Nobody will.

I'll only talk to him.

Please, stop jabbering, it's embarrassing.

Fuck you!

HE SIGHS

You are not thinking clearly.

More clearly than ever.

And I'll only talk to him!

Tom, this is where we're slotting your stuff about Neftnik's

local resources improving RusOil's operational efficiencies.

'It's none of my business why you came to Russia...

'..and I don't really care what you used to be...'

..Benefits selling a small stake of RusOil to a western investor.

And we'll wrap it up with a theatrical piece,

in which you will play Hamlet.

Huh?

Give us a moment.

Ms Baranov is here with a lawyer. They're waiting in the boardroom.

Good! Thanks.

BIRDSONG

HE WHISTLES A JAUNTY TUNE

WHISTLING CONTINUES

You wanted to talk to me?

You asked me to come here.

Did I? I don't believe we've ever met.

You were here, eight years ago. The tape.

I think you're mistaken. For fuck's sake!

I've done everything you asked. What more do you want from me?!

Right now...

..I want you to calm down.

I have shares in a company with no past...

..and no future.

So...

..in the interest of...

..charity...

..I will give you $50,000 for your 2%.

And then?

Then you're...out.

The tape? HE SCOFFS

What tape?

Even if there were some tape...

..nobody would have any use for it.

Memories are shorter here.

Besides which...

..you wouldn't be in Moscow any more.

It's...

..a generous offer.

Consider it.

Generous?

Why should I trust you?

HE WHISTLES

You know...our phone number.

HE WHISTLES A TUNE

HORNS BLAST

DOORBELL

KSENIA CHATTERS

Hey. Hey.

Is he here?

LOW CHATTER

Lovely morning, Tom!

I'm very sorry, but I'm late for a meeting. No, you aren't.

There's plenty of time. Please?

Ever been in one of these before - Volga Gaz-24-10?

A vast improvement on the original 24, if you ask me.

Why am I here? Indeed.

Why are any of us here?

Really?

You're going to have a meeting with RusOil today.

During the meeting, you will excuse yourself to visit the bathroom.

Once out of the room, take the lift to the second basement,

sign the Neftnik file out from the archive and bring it out with you.

Or maybe I just shoot myself in the head and be done with it!

Don't be such a drama queen.

Look inside.

You will need it for the archive, to send a file out.

Why would I do any of this?

It seems we're on the same team here, Tom.

Dmitri, I have spent $100 million of RusOil's money

and I still don't have what I promised them.

And if this meeting today goes badly, you know, I am...

..totally fucked.

Fine.

If you won't cooperate, I will have to find someone at Pioneer who will.

Perhaps a member of the board.

I'd have to bring them up to date on everything you've told us, of course.

TOM SIGHS HEAVILY

What do you want to find?

A full list of the Neftnik shareholders, for a start.

As you probably know, the company's register only lists 51%.

That's what I want to find.

There. My number is inside. Text me if you need a distraction.

I'm a banker, you know, I'm not a fucking secret agent!

You're resourceful, otherwise you wouldn't be alive still.

Now, go. I don't want you to be missed.

Go!

Business as usual!

And, crucially, by selling his stake in the new consolidated RusOil

to Western investors, we protect against any Kremlin move to...

Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom.

You've got to go, you've got to go.

PHONE BEEPS

WAND BEEPS

PHONE RINGS

HE EXHALES

So how do you find Moscow?

Cold. Even for a Scandinavian?

Perhaps you weren't talking about the weather.

PHONE BEEPS

I don't see Kastrup's share certificates anywhere.

No, as a matter of fact he's concerned.

About what? He has this strange idea that anyone who sells Neftnik stock

gets barbecued. Or at best, shot in the head.

He has a family. He needs guarantees. He has 2% holding.

Listen, I want him to sell as much as you do. And we were all set,

and then...these incidents. He's unsettled.

Perhaps an increase in compensation would help settle him.

What do you have in mind?

Something that starts with eight.

I mean...I can certainly try.

Thank you for your understanding. Let's go.

I highly encourage you to succeed.

LINE RINGS OUT

HE SIGHS

DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

Looks like you are a better secret agent than you think.

How the fuck did you get in?

Relax, it's fine. Come on, sit down.

There. There it is, the missing 49%.

Anonymous owners. What do the numbers stand for? Nothing.

Offshore owners. Or foreigners hiding from tax.

Traceable? Only if they wanna be found. You can spend years

after years chasing one shell company after another.

That's it? Dead end? What do you want me to say?

You are at the heart of something and...

..I need you to help me to find out what.

OK, let's think about this deal.

Who's winning here? Baranov and Gusev? They've ruled themselves out.

And besides they already got paid. Yeah, but what about Kastrup?

In the context of the deal he's a small player.

Small but...significant.

With Gusev and Baranov's shares

RusOil have 49% and the others also have 49%.

Whoever gets Kastrup's shares takes the prize. Absolutely.

Let's say that's RusOil.

RusOil stand to make a lot of money here. More than it might seem.

That is a motive, right? Yeah. That's a motive.

But if RusOil wins... then someone else loses.

Isn't that even a stronger motive?

Olga?

STATIC HISSES

COMPUTER BEEPS

I just wanted to make things right for us.

And now...

What do they want?

They want the shares.

$50,000 and I'm out. 50,000?

But Tom is talking about... Millions. I know.

But you don't know these people.

They're going to come after us.

Not if they can't find us. We need to think about Ksenia.

That's exactly what I'm doing.

50,000 doesn't even buy us out the hole we are in.

And then what? It's Russia. That's the problem.

Look what it's done to you.

I don't want Ksenia growing up in this room.

We need to give her a chance.

$5 million can buy a lot of privacy. We are a family.

We can do this.

Tell Tom you're making this deal. As soon as we have the money, we leave.

I love you. And I love you.

KNOCK ON DOOR

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