The “Hermitage lists” are incriminating evidence with lethal force. The hero who took possession of these documents will not be decreeed by the Kremlin. It had to happen for Sergei Shram to be at the very epicenter of the events that rocked the city of St. Petersburg. And now there is no turning back, all that remains is to push forward along a specific, sharp straight line: either to a triumphant victory over all authoritative competitors, or to trying on a wooden suit to the sad music of Chopin.