we won't help them, listen, i wanted to say that the lawyers say that the chances are good, well, i wanted you to be the first to know. alice, we invited you because we needed your help again, this time everything is much more serious than before, i want to ask you to testify, i would never ask you about this.

over the past month, i've had a lot of time to think and you know, i suddenly realized one paradoxical... thing, that maybe every prosecutor, well, just needs, well, at least not for much, but to be in my place, i seriously, seriously, not even in my place, in the place of the accused, it is very sobering, it helps to look at the whole justice system from a slightly different point of view, in other words, would you wish your successor pobedonostsev to be in your place, and could you have made a very good career in court?

"i made a mistake, this is exactly the case when you can say that the accused is worthless in his justification, believe me, not a single day goes by that i do not get angry at myself for this, but unfortunately i can’t fix anything, i can only leave everything it's in the past and i really hope that the people i love can forgive me. hello, thanks for coming, how are you? i don't know, you know how weird it is to be in a good mood, oh let's meet, this is my pier manager, russian, hello, wow, you're in jail, you have a pier manager, believe me, now and even more necessary, i'm glad to meet you, your fan, i don't really understand what this means, but thank you,

"i'll go work, i guess, all the best, goodbye, vitalik, hello, our client, the head of the biological laboratory ni galina naidenova, we made this entry when we were collecting information from her, please clarify, what did you ask, what was your research?" "i received a grant from

the academy of sciences to study miotic division, in other words, when basticides are formed, excuse me, well... in other words, it's all about stem cells, that is , planning? yes, excuse me, yes, you are absolutely right, excuse me, why does she apologize all the time, that's the kind of person she is, the prosecution claims that the research has reached a dead end , the deadlines have passed, there are zero results, yes, yes, that yes no, you see, well that's not quite right, well that...

you're completely wrong, where were you during the fire? jogging, i was jogging, i always do, no, that won't do, she stutters, bleats, if she raises a sign of guilt and that will be better, i hope this is the first conversation with her, the third, but it is not much different from the first, article fifty-one will help us, "don't you want her to testify in court? she has the right, she cannot testify in court, the judge will stop her after the second, forgive me, but she is not guilty, looks like she's guilty, has anyone confirmed her alebe? well yes, a colleague at the institute, but an arson expert says

it was an accident, you know it's always suspicious when the accused doesn't testify, we're taking a risk"? don't let goline testify in court, well there are still witnesses, they'll have a double burden, we'll prepare them, train them, they'll answer questions the way we need them to, and do it confidently, and not like our client, who will we assign? we need an extreme rehearsal, two people, one tougher, who will be on them to press and another softer one, which will not let them burst into tears and run away, carrot and stick, softer stick and stick. yeah, let's get started, mr. konkov, you are an expert on fire safety, yes, that's right, yeah, tell me what time the fire occurred, at 21:05, this is known for sure, because

the alarm went off, how accurately can one assume the cause of the fire, almost always, absolutely accurately, you just need to look carefully, yeah, and... what do you say about our case? i don't think it was a fire, it looks more like an accident. well, in the report you yourself indicated traces of flammable substances, which are by definition abundant in any laboratory. they could easily have caught fire by pure chance. thank you, mr. konkov, by pure chance, seriously, quite, in the laboratory, and you know that everything is easy... perhaps experiments were conducted there and something was left in the laboratory, and it would be better to ask the employees about it, perhaps there should be

ideal storage conditions, and you will not be there, i protest, all this, no, no, we will not do it now, on the contrary, we will simulate the most extreme situation, so you yourself, okay, i know perfectly well where such substances should be stored, but i admit that the pores of these substances could still remain in the lab, so you admit, or you know, admit, great, and about the traces at the scene of the fire, do you know? or even so, do you know, or do you suppose where the wax came from? well, i didn't know anything about the traces, yes, but how is it, how did it happen, that is, wait, and you,

were you even in the lab? no, i'm not an investigator, i was shown photographs, then you weren't at the crime scene, you didn't see anything yourself, and we have to trust you on the basis of. in the changed substance she came to the lab herself, where a self-lit candle was already waiting for her, just like in a fairy tale: i'm for the candle, the candle is for the stove, and so on, is that it? this is not an assumption, but a conclusion, let's, no, let's listen, you have an interesting conclusion, can i formulate one of them: wax paper soaked in an easily remembered substance, just in case, i'll ask again... this one is the best, we talked to three more, this one the best, one thing is good, that your piranha named

evgenia did a great job, yes, he was just warming up, well, we can rule out an accident, we'll have to agree that it was arson, well, then we'll prove that nikolina committed it, at the same time we'll think about who we can blame it on, well, we're lucky, it's not a good topic for cloners, fanatics are starting up on the bobcat, sectarians, animal defenders, lone activists, everyone threatened the lab, which is great, so, zhenya, you continue to prepare witnesses, in general, everything is in the same spirit, alisa will be on standby, camille, well, those fanatics, camille, did i miss something, plan b, you're on edge, from a court husband, maybe there are trials at work, home, trials, i only rest when i'm driving, rest, but don't break the rules.

i hope you're a bad teacher, i hope so myself, pyotr sergeyevich, long time no see,

always glad to see your honor, can you sit down, your honor, we asked you to clarify the date of the start of the trial in order to provide evidence of my client's innocence. the hearing will take place in 3 weeks. thank you, yours, also, we also we ask that my client be released under house arrest. the prosecution is strongly opposed. mr. prosecutor, the court is touched by your determination, but is setting a hearing to decide this issue, the hearing will take place the day after tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., your honor, mr. prosecutor, the day after tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., come, stand up, the court is retiring, everything is fine, everything is fine, we are moving on.

our common task is to prepare you for your testimony in court, this is not a rehearsal, do not memorize anything, anything can happen in court, and most likely it will go differently, that's when you panic, just practice, yes, okay, i got it, yes, first general questions, what do you do in the future, i'm in the caretaker's office, i'm on duty in the building where... galina kolam works, galina and i work in the same research institute, but she's in biology, and i'm in physics, we live in a science town near st. petersburg, probably for about 5 years already, and we met at a scientific conference in moscow, where i was invited after my article was published in a scientific bulletin. mikhail, let's agree with you right away, answer only that the question you were asked, the prosecutor will try to catch you out.

what are you doing, preparing her, no, you are pressuring her, so what? "we should work together, but it feels like you don't want to prepare her, but to show off in front of your superiors, i can be a prosecutor too, but then we will show each other who is cooler, but we won't get the job done, okay, sorry, galina, a very good person, both as a colleague and as an interlocutor, when i was honored

in moscow 5 years ago, mikhail, you are again rambling, answer briefly. "please, this creates a sense of confidence, and therefore honesty. yeah, okay, i get it, tell me about that evening, yeah, that evening, i was at a concert at a club, in our town, a fancy club, you know, there's even a music school there, excuse me, at about 9:00 pm i went outside to call my mom, and there i saw galina, she was." and are you sure it was her? yeah, first of all, she was pretty close, and secondly, she was wearing a suit, purple with flowers, yeah, not many people in our town run, what time exactly was it, exactly, i can tell you, i looked specifically at

phone, it was at 21:02. watched the video of witness preparation, well done, they 'll cope, thank you, i wouldn't be happy, now we'll always ask you to do it overtime, like a preliminary hearing, and you're talking about peter, he'll be home soon, it looks like it, you're not happy, i'm happy. well then, alright, alice, svetlana, oh, sorry, good afternoon, svetlana told me to come to you if anything happens, i found this on my windshield under the wiper, they're threatening again.

let dad live with you, and what are we arguing about, mom will do that, think about what you're saying, then mom will share a room with you, yeah, okay, okay, maybe it's for mom's work? wait, i need to, i don't know, that's it,

it's dad, what? what do i know, it's a fake again, shut up, what difference does it make, idiot, there's no sound, i need to show mom, no, what are you talking about, this is no joke anymore, what have you forgotten, this is not the first time, and these are clearly the same people, it's the same envelope, remember what we decided then, that they just want to scare mom, maybe she really has something to be afraid of? we need to figure out who's planting this? and how will we understand this? so, any progress? a friend from the fsb said that

you don't need to read the text itself, it's a cipher, and what can you decipher? do you know what a karabunkle is, in context? good afternoon, alisa, hello, hello, remember, alisa, we said that you would have to testify, don't say that tomorrow, yes, i think that this will help pyotr return home, how, yes, very simple, emotions, ordinary, thank you, ordinary human emotions, will you say in court that you are really waiting for him? this can work, you see, prosecutor for some reason he thinks that the judge is on our side, which means he won't stand on ceremony with you, he'll ask an overly intimate question, well, he's getting into your soul.

restraint on house arrest, and judging by him, he's also a human being, if he sees that everyone is happy to see him, that everyone wants to see him at home, then our chances

will increase dramatically, you see, i ask you , forget about it, forget about the insult, help pyotr return home, i ask you, but at least for the duration of the trial.

so, you claim that galina naidenova left nii at 7 p.m. yes, how long did you work that day? from 3 to 12. wow, that's for 9 hours. and you really never left anywhere. especially from 7 to 12. i don't remember leaving. remember, i protest, your honor, the pressure on the witness. the protest is rejected. valentina petrovna, you can say with certainty that you did not leave your workplace after your family. let me remind you that you

are answering to the court. i am almost sure. almost sure. either you did or you didn't. i don't remember exactly. "we went through all these questions with her, and not just once, okay, it's okay, it happens, she was afraid of the court, it's not the same as answering you, but knowing this, make sure the physicist is ready this time, everything went terribly, right? well, it could have been better, of course, but it's okay. we also have threatening letters, mikhail shvedov's testimony. and what is your relationship with him? what kind of relationship, well, we just said hello. well,

you've known him for 5 years, haven't you? well, known is a big word. we first met at a conference in moscow. 5 years ago. and, where he presented his article. with the article? here. the article that shvedov was so proud of, pay attention, it on the left, this is not so much an article as an information note, so we cannot trust the testimony of a witness who has a tendency, to put it mildly, to exaggerate, well , only we know this, yes, but he can give himself away, you make sure he doesn't give himself away, we are not sure that we can... use your testimony, why, it seemed to me, galina needs me, she needs the truth, and not you, so let's check everything again, no need to guess or assume only facts,

if you don't know something, so... say, yeah, great, then let's start from the very beginning start, where were you that evening? i was that evening at the club at a symphony concert , graduates of our music school were playing, and mikhail, let's do it this way, for each answer you are given eight words, on the ninth stop, how long were you at the concert, around 9 pm, i went out to call. someone mom, and just then i saw galina, she was jogging, immediately followed by a fire truck with a siren, it turned out 14, okay, let's say you saw her, but she could have been running from the scene of the arson, but i need more eight words, well of course. we can

use your board, go ahead, so, the music school is two kilometers from it and, the fire station. the firefighters left immediately as they received the alarm signal, beep-beep-beep, they caught the signal that came from it, because the alarm had just been installed, the music school is exactly in the middle, and between the column and nii, that is, also here 2 km, galina and... met here

regarding the letter from the sectarians: in theory, they have their own gospel, from where they constantly they take quotes, there are none in our letter, there are, but one is mistaken, the second refers to the wrong source, the verse number does not match, god, did you have to study all this crap, why is there crap there, there is common sense, i love aunts, so you think that the letter is a fake, i think so, who do you suspect,

listen, when galina found the letter, there was no one nearby... do you really think that galina could have set this up somehow? why not? what the hell is this, nothing special. are you

a complete idiot, you're a good spy to make a face, i'm not making a face, and you're supposedly investigating this, you've gone completely crazy, but understand, first the photos, then this, i don't know what's on the video, but it's all interconnected, it's all a link in one chain, you're talking like you're from a tv series about cops, you don't understand, someone is clearly digging under dad, that's it... and you're supposedly going to stop them, right? either you'll tell mom and dad, or i'll tell them. ms. filipova,

what's your relationship with my client? i'm his wife, you'll tell me, and where do you live now? my two children and i live in three-room apartment of the mother-in-law. tell me, here is my client, can he live with you? yes, is that what you want? he should be at home with his children. thank you, thank you, mrs. filippova. i asked. you say that the apartment has three rooms. that's right. then i will reason out loud. and you correct me if anything, okay, so, so, three rooms, your mother-in-law lives in one, your children in the second, you, that is, your husband will live with you in the third, yes, your honor, they are trying to

move us to pity, they are trying to convince us that pyotr filippov is a welcome guest in his own family, but is it really so? alisa, you are under oath and you claim that you will sleep with your own, i will stand your honor, this is a family matter, not a court matter. i support you. and did you meet with a divorce lawyer after the scandal with your husband. yes, i did. because you were going to get divorced, i found out the options, well, that is , you do not exclude such a possibility? no, and that means that no, that means that i do not exclude such a possibility, as well as a thousand other

possibilities, but that does not mean that i i'm going to get a divorce, even after this affair and recrimination, mr. prosecutor, i ask you to be more careful in choosing your words, our son is in the courtroom, and what is it that will change your answer? to what question: am i going to sleep with my husband, does it hurt me because of what happened between us, if i'm not mistaken, we have not only a show here, but a court hearing, so the question, as it seems to me, should sound something like this: does my husband have a place to live? to this question, my answer is: yes, any more questions? the decision will be announced tomorrow, are you crazy, what such and such, i just wanted to confess, no,

don't change the subject, if you really wanted to come, just talk to me, yeah, and then what, i would have taken you then, yeah, of course i would have, why don't you believe me, what? i really would have taken you, yeah, no questions asked, if you explained everything to me properly, i couldn't refuse you, trust me, holy shit, okay, listen, i thought i was screwed, but don't relax, you'll relax, i studied the letter more carefully, the paper it was printed on stopped being produced back in nineties, ink and printer too... oh, hello, i can't hear you very well, and where did you dig up those? it's easier than you think, nineties, such paper and printer were bought by the research institute where galina works, seriously, hello, hello, can you hear me, and almost the entire research institute

still prints on them, including the biological lab, that is, she wrote the letter herself, well, obviously, to divert suspicion, it's a pity, i liked her, i 'm checking her right now. i can't hear you, hello, the connection is lost, mikhail called his mother from here, so it turns out, galina ran from there, that's right, it's close enough, and the lighting is good, so it turns out that he could have recognized her, who are you calling, no one, he just doesn't put it down. i have the same thing, that's what i'm talking about, forgive me , please tell me, they always don't get a signal here, yeah, i've already changed three operators,

you see, it's all because of this antenna, they're experimenting with communications in it, and we ourselves are sitting without communication, wait, so what? it turns out shvedov was calling his mother, and where did the fire truck come from, look, not here, call here, there's a direct road between them, why go here and make a detour? so, alice, it looks like our friend drew us some kind of crap, damn, yeah, where are you going, i need to call, hello, hello, can you hear me, do you hear? tell me, please, did shvedov use the same paper

and the same printer in it? i told you, they all use the same printers. this is not enough to accuse shvedov, which means it won't save our client either. there is one option, put the squeeze on shvedov, judging by. well, we were preparing him. well, then figure out how to confuse him, he will give himself away. if it doesn't work, we will lose. does not take risks, he does not drink champagne, did you really say that, what exactly, well, this vulgarity about the risk of champagne, yes, and in all seriousness, in short, either we win, or we greatly help the prosecution, at about 9 o'clock i went out to call my mother, you talked to her, yes, it's interesting, and... where you were standing, there is no mobile phone reception, it's been a year

since the antenna was installed for research, and how did you get through? i don't know, well, somehow it happened on its own, i don't know how to answer, it's not necessary, judging by the printouts of your phone calls, at this you haven't called anyone all day, yeah, why? everything 's under control, please, except for galina, what did you see? i saw a fire truck with a siren, it was probably going to put out the lab, probably, well, i don't know anything about other fires, so why do you think the firefighters chose such a strange route, you're a physicist, yes, you know perfectly well that the shortest path from point to point is a straight line, right, so why did the firefighters choose such

a crooked route, i don't know, but i probably need to ask them, well, i asked, but they didn't they were driving past the school, they were driving straight, please, so where were you during the fire, no, well, i already told you, i was at the concert, that's strange, but we didn't find anyone who saw you there, and even during the intermission, during the intermission - and i went to the toilet, i feel unwell , there was no intermission, yes, but the kids played short excerpts, not so many to have an intermission, you weren't at the concert, you were in the lab, setting fire to galina naidenova's research, but why, well, probably they wanted to prove that she didn't deserve that very thing grant from the academy, which you applied for, you have not had any particular successes recently, which you... readily attributed to the injustice of the academy, yes, and

although that very article in the bulletin of science and labor, it remained the apogee of your scientific activity, but it is only your fault, well, you understand, this turns out to be some kind of absurdity, and why should i defend galina then? well , they realized that they passed the stick, they decided to save her, to attribute it to the sectarians, on whose behalf they wrote a letter with threats, i - no, this, you see, this is, well, it’s not like that, i understand, according to article 51 of the constitution you have the full right not to testify against yourself.