The novel “Puppet” depicts the confrontation between two criminal leaders in the development of the drug business that took place in the mid-nineties of the twentieth century. Corruption in all government bodies interferes with the work of investigator Stoletov and captain Andreev. Under the influence of life circumstances, they fall into the dependence of a shadow tycoon. Taking advantage of the current situation and the weakness of power in the country, one of the foreign intelligence services is trying to introduce its agents of influence into government bodies. To achieve their goal, they rely on criminal leaders, as well as the shadowy and most successful director of the criminal world, nicknamed “Nikodem”. Russian security officers become aware of this. FSB officer Andrei Severov is infiltrated into a criminal environment. His task is to identify the channels of drug supply and the leaders of organized crime groups. However, another scenario is unfolding...