Senior investigator of the Investigative Committee Orest Volin is invited to France for consultations. Here, on the border with Italy, in the resort town of La Rosiere, the body of an unknown man was discovered, killed in a very exotic way. This method is not entirely clear, but its consequences are such that all the insides of the deceased are destroyed. No documents or phone number were found on the deceased. Upon examination, a trace of a reduced tattoo is found on the body. Irene Belew, who is leading the case, identifies some letters as Russian, after which she turns to Volin for help, suggesting that the nameless dead man could be Russian in origin.