Ilyina's driver was killed, and the woman was abducted and hidden outside the city, the criminals injected her with truth serum and recorded on camera a confession that she was not going to fulfill her election promises, but called voters cattle. Medushevsky gives the scandalous material a go, and Ilyina's political career is crumbling before our eyes. Kristina tells Vershinin that they want to kill her, and he is ready to help her in exchange for testimony against the criminal.

Jamal's men take the cargo at the port and take it to their base, where some of the boxes are loaded into another car. Vershinin finds out about this in advance, and as a result of a special operation, he manages to detain Jamal's younger brother. Khaletsky and Ilyina, who escaped from the Caucasian militants, return to the city, where they are not at all welcome. Medushevsky has to look for new ways to put pressure on both of them.