Autumn 2007. In the Soviet Union, the restructuring was replaced by “normalization”, a hybrid of socialism and capitalism is being built under the old flag with a sickle and a hammer. But unresolved problems of the past, including irremovability of power and corruption, make themselves felt. At the same time, the behind-the-scenes struggle within the Politburo . is intensifying. The stakes are high: control over the super-revenues from the oil boom and the choice of a successor to the post of Secretary General In the battle of political heavyweights, much begins to depend on the will of the occasion and ... the position of those who are not visible from the Kremlin. People without high positions have their own opinion about where the country should go. Or where you don't have to. Extreme situation pushes towards each other a KGB officer and an international journalist, an air defense officer and a school teacher The consequences of the current events go beyond the borders of the USSR and threaten to lead to a global crisis... What will be the next anniversary of the basic law?