In a provincial town, more and more often they began to attack the so-called “gopotas” - guys in pants with “three stripes” with beer and a cigarette in their hands, wandering around taverns, engaging in petty robbery, living without a king in their heads. The organizers of these “cleansing operations” are known – certain RASSOLNIKI. The leaders of this group are sure that this crap is a product of the Soviet Union and it is preventing the new country from getting on its feet. Especially the bastards in power, which the RASSOLNIKI plan to fight with a far from marginal method. Meanwhile, the famous journalist Alexander Rublev comes to the city, he is tasked with conducting an investigation and making a material about the RASSOLNIKI. But he has no idea how dramatically this business trip will change his life. RASSOLNIKI is a novel-portrait of modern Russia. Fights, opposition actions, intellectual conversations of people about the history of the country, episodes from the life of marginalized people, bandits and officials, scenes of love passion and incredible feats in the fight for dubious ideas. There is all this in abundance in the novel, as in today’s life. This book is an attempt to explain what is happening to the new Russia. And the answer to the main question of modern active youth - what to do if you want to change the country, but don’t know how. Be careful, you may find yourself in the novel!