52 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe end of the 1980s. The decline of the Soviet era. The wind of change swept away everyone and everything in its path. Taking advantage of the instability of the situation in the Soviet state, the CIA announced an award to anyone who reveals the names of current residents of the USSR in Western countries. The traitor was promised a million dollars and political asylum abroad. The First and Second departments of the KGB (intelligence and counterintelligence) were seriously concerned that there might be many who wanted to get this money. The KGB decided to slip the Americans a fake traitor to the Motherland, choosing an impeccable candidate among their own employees. Operation Phantom has begun…
Acting
Tsyganov's Gromov: patriotism performed until it becomes real.
Production
Crumbling Soviet aesthetics that reek of mildew and desperation.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Putin's Crimea annexation era, the series reeks of contemporary Russian anxiety about loyalty and collapse. The 1989 setting isn't nostalgia—it's warning.
Yuliya Snigir later broke into Hollywood with Die Hard 5; this was her last Russian TV role before the leap. The KGB couldn't hold her either.
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