Plot synopsis: Vyacheslav Vasiliev, an experienced crisis manager who successfully completed a mission in Warsaw two years earlier, arrives in Berlin to replace the exiled Russian diplomats. His main task is not only to ensure the work of the deserted embassy, but also to prevent the growing global conflict in Europe. As in Poland, in Germany he will work in tandem with a special services operative Sergei Nenashev. Vasilyev has the diplomatic part of the task, Nenashev will act in the usual role of an illegal. Their past conflicts are over ― they worked well together, besides, Vasiliev is grateful to his partner for saving his daughter.