GRU officers Lieutenant Colonel Markovtsev and Colonel Artemov are tasked with preventing the consequences of the political assassination of the Georgian Minister of Defense. The intelligence leadership believes that this action is only the first link in a chain of even more serious crimes, the purpose of which is to completely discredit Russia. It is known that CIA officer Guido Theron arrived in Georgia, who, together with the perpetrator of the murder, State Security Colonel Shavkhelishvili, nicknamed Sherkhan, intends to carry out anti-Russian provocations. Markovtsev and Artemov face the most difficult task - to eliminate professional political provocateurs...