The end of the era of the USSR. A delegation of American media arrives in one of the regional centers of Siberia. Her secret goal is to organize a political provocation with the demolition of the Lenin monument. The city's public, led by local businessmen, actively welcomes such an action. In the midst of the rally, an unknown sniper kills banker Myakotkin and wounds an American television cameraman. The investigation of this high-profile case was entrusted to senior investigator Andrei Laptev. He has no doubt that a person close to Myakotin was involved in the crime. To prove this, Laptev takes a very risky step...