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ST. PETERSBURG 1996

Everybody, please attend the election on June, 16.

Please vote for Yeltsin.

Call me when you're there, so I know that you're fine.

Okay.

Fine. Leave, and do it quickly.

I think I'm being followed. Someone is watching us.

Attention, the doors are closing.

I don't think I had a tail.

But please be careful. Let's lay low.

You scared me.

Don't do that again. Let's be careful.

It's 7 am, this is the Daily News.

The formerly state-owned phone company Telephonera,

now listed on the stock market, has its first general meeting today.

Telephonera, members of the board, shareholders.

Thank you for letting me be here today.

I'm so very proud and humbled by the fact

that Vektor has obtained your trust,

and yours, Elisabeth,

to guide Telephonera towards a successful and profitable deal.

Saint Petersburg GSM is a well-run company with immense potential.

They were an early adopter of the new GSM technology

and already have a strong presence in the Russian telecom market.

By adding Telephonera's competence to their reach,

Saint Petersburg GSM will become

a market leader in Russia in a few years.

In brief,

Saint Petersburg GSM is the perfect choice for Telephonera

when expanding into the Russian market,

and we at Vektor look forward to closing this deal

in the next few days.

Even if no one here is worried about how Russia is developing,

it's still worth pointing out that Vektor can guarantee

that Telephonera's entry in Russia will be both safe and profitable.

We have handled these kinds of deals in Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia,

and we always analyse the political and economic situation,

and if we find any irregularities,

we always recommend that our clients bow out.

But if Telephonera wants to be a player, the time to act is now...

It wasn't my fault, okay? It was the plane.

...in line to acquire Saint Petersburg GSM,

but right now, you are at the front of that line.

-Did I miss anything? -Never mind.

You've missed so much that you'll never make up for it.

-Knock it off, go inside! -No, I have an idea.

-Come on, let's go to an empty room. -No.

Yes.

...economic development is positive.

They're moving from a dictatorship behind the Iron Curtain...

-Do you want a cinnamon bun? -No.

...thriving, open society. Russia is sexy.

Ladies and gentlemen, Charlie Knutsson!

Chairman of the board at Vektor,

the commercial agent that will help us land this deal.

Saint Petersburg GSM

is the company we've chosen after having scouted...

-"Russia is sexy." -I winged it.

Yeah, I noticed.

You're damn lucky we've already landed this deal.

-Are you mad? -No.

It went great.

And we, dear friends,

will make a magnificent acquisition in Russia.

Thank you.

Nothing.

We should establish surveillance of the apartment.

Okay.

I'll interview the neighbours for now.

According to American media sources,

US president Bill Clinton has pledged to support Boris Yeltsin

in the Russian presidential election,

where the challenger Zyuganov is currently ahead.

If this information is correct, it's controversial...

It must be really nice being Swedish.

Russians are always sceptical, that's why have constant headaches.

What?

When you pick up a Russian doll,

it's always one more thing.

Get it? You never know what's behind it all.

And Yeltsin is still the least bad option.

-Behind him is Russian bear. -Russian bear...

Yeah, ready to devour all of you.

You think that if you're doing business with Russia,

they'll become your best friend.

For someone working with Russia,

you're dangerously naive, Max.

You're staying here for a while now, right?

Mmm.

How about a toothbrush of your own here?

Nope.

I love using yours.

Or just move in...

For real?

-Yes. Do you want to? -Mmm.

-Okay... do you want to? -Yes!

You're so fucking wonderful, you know that?

Good morning. Good morning, Pashie.

Good morning, Max.

Yeah?

Is Telephonera giving approval today?

Yeah. I'll go through the appendices

to make sure it's correct, but... it should be a done deal.

They'll get the contract this afternoon?

Mmm.

How are you, by the way?

Well, I'm fine.

There's nothing going on between you and Elsa Kovalenko, is there?

Pashie?

Max... You handle confidential material.

It's a security issue. She's a consultant.

An external consultant.

I trust you to sort it out.

You've done a tremendous job, Max.

Now let's just enjoy the home stretch.

-Are you psyched? -Hell, yeah.

-And you? -Hell yeah.

-Things went really great yesterday. -Thanks.

Very exciting to meet all the shareholders. Here you go.

-Yes... -Hey, this is exciting.

It's coming down to the wire.

We've gathered all documents in this folder.

We should read them.

Excuse me, we've gotten a request from the management.

It's only something minor, which...

This is David Juhlin, our head of IT and security, that...

Why don't you go ahead?

Well, I was handed this last night.

-We have the government's blessing. -As we know.

So we're almost there.

We just need some more specs for the SPGSM's system.

Well, everything is in the appendices, so...

No. It's not what they're asking for now.

I'm sorry, I don't know...

This is Max Anger. He's our business analyst.

He worked for weeks on these appendices, so I can vouch for...

Okay, absolutely. Hi, Max.

Management wants total access...

to their entire system and network.

For security reasons, so that everything

matches the appendices.

Okay, I have a hard time believing they'd agree to that

before the deal is finalised.

Telephonera is buying their entire company,

so we'll get that access anyway.

But it's one thing getting that access once you own the company

and another getting it now, when you actually don't.

I don't see why you need this now.

Like I said, it's a management decision.

We hear you, eh...

To avoid losing momentum...

could you outline your requests in a few brief points,

maybe we could add an appendix to the contract,

so you have some kind of backdoor, I don't know...

Charlie, you have to factor in

that this is the biggest deal we've ever done.

And management won't sign off on it unless they get this access.

We have to double check everything.

I get that.

Great.

We'll work it out.

We'll see if they're willing...

to make an exception from standard practice.

David, do you have a moment?

I have Kaspar, so I have to pick him up.

-Mmm. -But first thing tomorrow, okay?

Okay.

This fucking thing pisses me off!

How the hell can they spring this on us now?

We're so close!

Oh, well.

We'll have to ask them.

Yes, I'll call them when I'm done here.

We've got this, right?

I'll ask the question, so we can say that we did,

but I don't think SPGSM are allowed by law to reveal the information.

Theoretically, Telephonera would be able to

tap into their entire network.

Find out what's possible by tomorrow,

or the deal is fucking gone.

It...

We'll find a way.

MEET ME AT MY PLACE LATER - P

I talked to Sarah today.

Oh. And what did she say?

Eh, she... Meh, it was just about work.

It just was about the deal. Forget about it.

-Your move. -Mmm.

You're checkmate, in three moves.

You called. Why?

The police began to monitor my apartment.

Police... Damn.

I know, but...

Let's talk later. I'm not alone.

Okay.

Bye.

TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET

Are you okay?

Are you sure? It seems like something's wrong.

No, I'm just having a hard time sleeping.

How about we go there?

-To the house? -No, I couldn't cope with it.

I think it might be good.

And I'll come with you.

Okay, we can try.

This place is gorgeous.

-Who are they? -What?

The people in the picture.

I don't know, that's Dad's old stuff.

Have you talked to anyone about your dad?

No.

-Was it in the barn that he...? -Sorry, can we not talk about that?

I understand it's rough, but sometime...

What the hell? What did I ask you one fucking second ago?

VIKTOR GUSIN AND CARL BORGENSTIERNA IN BEAUTIFUL COMPANY

AT THE PREMIERE OF LA BOHÈME

Yeah.

No.

I'll take one to go.

No, as I told you, I can't help you any further, I'm sorry.

Yes, I'm sorry. Okay? Yeah.

Thanks. Yeah, goodbye.

Hey, you... Is this yours?

-Oh... thanks. -You'd better be careful.

The weather's nasty out there.

-Good morning. -Do you have time to talk now?

Absolutely. I brought you a coffee.

-You take it without milk, right? -No, I drink tea.

But thanks anyway.

I was thinking we could talk in there.

Absolutely. No problems.

After you.

-I've discovered a computer breach. -Oh.

Data stored on our protected server

is now in an external document.

What?

They have access to classified information about our system.

I've never reported to Säpo before, but that's what I have to do now.

Mmm.

Nice work, Liv. I'll handle the report.

I'll actually get on this right away.

What are you saying, from Vektor?

Yes, classified information has been leaked.

David, why don't you go over this?

In our estimation, the amount of leaked data isn't significant.

but SPGSM have gotten access

to information they shouldn't have access to.

What's to say it came from us?

Well, we've looked into it and that's our finding.

We'll have to call this entire deal off.

-Call it off? -Unless we can sort it out now.

Or rather that you sort it out.

We have to be totally sure that your routines are airtight.

And anything you'll do from now on that involves us

has to be approved by David.

Yes, absolutely.

We'll do what we can, of course.

And we haven't talked to Säpo,

since we're in control on our end.

That may change, though.

How the hell do we solve this?

Do we have a leak at Vektor? Huh?

We'll start by making sure that we haven't been breached.

Then we'll have to track all our outgoing data traffic.

-We have to delay the signing. -Forget it.

The Russians are here soon and we will sign the deal.

We're not delaying anything.

We won't have time to take care of this as well.

We can't delay anything!

We have to sign. We've invested everything in this deal.

What do you mean?

We'll go bankrupt if we don't do this deal!

You'll have to pull some fucking ace from your sleeve.

I'm fucking sick and tired of problems.

I'll try to talk to Telephonera, but can you...

Please, can you put your cell phone away?

SEE YOU AT THE PIER. PASHIE

How the fuck can we have a leak?

How's it going?

-Eh... well, so-so. -Okay.

And how's it going with the other thing we talked about?

I'm not breaking up with her.

If one of us needs to leave, I'll quit. I can walk away anytime.

-Is it that serious? -It's that serious.

Fucking unbelievable.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry...

Can you please just be on time once in a fucking while?

-We have table reservations at eight. -I'm sorry.

What is it? Is something wrong?

Sarah knows.

-How did she find out? -She figured it out.

That's just perfect. I'm gonna get fired now.

I'll just quit.

I don't need to work there, you need the job and they need you. It's fine.

I'm going to Saint Petersburg.

-Oh, when? -Tomorrow.

-Tomorrow? -Yes.

Shit, you were just there.

Yeah, I know, but Mishin called... from the university

and I have to go there.

But...

It's just for a few days.

Mmm.

Okay?

I'm sorry I was late.

STAY OFF MY CANDY. SEE YOU SOON! - P

Max, are you coming?

He's here now, that guy David from Telephonera.

Okay, I'll tell you straight.

The information that leaked to SPGSM is in the material you got from us.

What's serious isn't what has leaked, but that there was a leak.

The actual information doesn't really change anything about the deal.

How can you be certain that it was us and not you?

We've checked the logs and there's nothing there.

Ask any expert, accessing Telephonera's server is impossible,

and we've only shared this with you.

What's important now is that nothing more leaks.

Can I... You have Russians working here, right?

Yes, we have a close collaboration with the Saint Petersburg University.

What do you mean?

Sometimes you need to begin at home.

Keep me updated and we'll work this out.

-Absolutely. -This meeting stays between us.

Why would Saint Petersburg GSM want information

if it doesn't affect the deal?

I don't get the logic.

Well, who knows?

Secret information is being leaked from here.

How the hell could that happen?

Didn't you find anything on the servers?

No.

Maybe they've shared printouts, but... Yeah...

The originals are in the secure cabinet.

Only me and Sarah have a key.

Where are your printouts?

You should check up on the Russians.

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

Hi, you've reached Pashie Kovalenko.

Leave a message and I'll call you back.

Hello? If you can hear this, pick up.

What the hell have you done? Call me!

Received today 10.03 pm.

Hi, honey. I hope you're doing well packing. I just wanted to say...

Received today 9.03 pm.

If I don't find you before departure, we'll meet as usual.

But if you hear this, please call.

Received today 9.06 pm.

Hello? Pashie, is that you?

This is Pashie, leave a message after the beep.

I've just been at her apartment.

You do it in St. Petersburg.

This is Arlanda flight information, how can I help?

When's the next flight to Saint Petersburg?

Let me see...

The next flight departs at 3 pm. tomorrow.

Okay, thanks.

Fuck!

Dammit.

Don't freak out, it's just a minor check.

You don't understand. They are looking for us.

Police!

Stop! Go get them!

-What are you doing? -We must disappear!

You've arrived, and if the cops find you...

I found a place where you can hide.

SARAH HANSEN CALLING

Max, I've done something really fucking stupid.

I'm sorry, I should have... I'll call you later.

This is Pashie, leave...

Fuck.

-Sarah Hansen, Vektor. -We've been so duped.

She's left, she's gone.

What you do mean, gone? I can't hear you.

Pashie! She...

It's my documents that she's copied and leaked.

Eh...

Come in and... we'll deal with it together with Charlie.

Okay?

We'll have to come up with...

Yeah, hi. I'd like to order a taxi to Gillögagatan 1.

Arlanda.

ANGER?

Subtitles: Annika Bidner www.plint.com