Father Filaret and businessman Shamil are distilling burnt vodka in an underground cave. Father Methodius, the priest of the local church, accidentally finds out about this. He demands that Filaret stop his criminal activities and publicly repent. But instead of repentance, a crime is committed, and Father Methodius is killed by Shamil’s henchmen... General Dugin, the head of a secret anti-corruption organization, instructs his secret agent Andrei Larin to understand the situation. Larin, disguised as a refugee, enters the monastery as a novice...