Former border guard Sasha Dymov returns to his native village of Kordona after serving time in prison on false charges. There is nothing left of his previous life — his wife left for her best friend, it is impossible to return to law enforcement agencies. A faithful comrade Trofimych comes to the rescue — he takes Dymov under his wing and arranges an auto mechanic in his workshop. It would seem that there is no more peaceful occupation. But there is a border nearby, secret paths of smugglers, big money, weapons and criminals who dream of hiding from persecution behind the cordon… Only Sasha Dymov can stop this lawlessness. In addition to criminal showdowns, Sasha will have to find a way out of the love triangle. And it won't do without mysticism.
The Shatalov family plays an important role in the life of their neighborhood. The head of the family, Alyona, runs a management company that serves the whole quarter. Her husband Mikhail is a doctor at the district polyclinic, and their 20—year-old son Artyom serves as a district police officer. Every day, this magnificent family solves the everyday and everyday problems of the residents of their area, constantly getting into funny and curious situations. But one day the Shatalovs' personal problems grow to the scale of a domestic disaster.
The Shatalov family plays an important role in the life of their neighborhood. The head of the family, Alyona, runs a management company that serves the whole quarter. Her husband Mikhail is a doctor at the district polyclinic, and their 20—year-old son Artyom serves as a district police officer. Every day, this magnificent family solves the everyday and everyday problems of the residents of their area, constantly getting into funny and curious situations. But one day the Shatalovs' personal problems grow to the scale of a domestic disaster.
Children are disappearing one after another in the city. Parents are desperate, the police are convinced that they will return on their own, and there are not enough volunteers for all of them. What if the children are kidnapped for a specific purpose? The case is taken by Oksana Koshkina, nicknamed Cat, who recently returned to the police. It seems that the missing children are part of a larger scheme that involves many parties. The deeper Oksana dives into the case, the more she realizes the scale of the disaster. And the sharper her own memories from the past hurt her.
In the center of the story are former lovers who have to go a long and dangerous path in order to save their son and find a common language with each other again. A young veterinarian from Moscow, Vasily Bulatov, is kidnapped by a group of terrorists from a Greek hotel and transported to one of the regions of Syria.
Artyom is a 13-year-old boy who finds a box of matches capable of fulfilling any wish. Together with a mysterious girl, he will explore all the possibilities of his new powers, but he will discover that all magic has a price.
The action takes place from April to December 1986. The Ukrainian department of the KGB of the USSR becomes aware of the interest shown by foreign intelligence services in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. To establish the whereabouts of an experienced CIA officer, Albert Lenz, who is suspected of espionage, on the territory of Pripyat, Lieutenant Colonel of military counterintelligence Andrey Nikolaev arrives in the city.