after careful preparation, alexander petrovich demyanov was delivered to the front near mazhaisk, atthe germans noticed how a man on skis appeared from behind the bushes in the no-man's land and was quickly approaching their positions. at first they opened fire, but when they saw the white banner, they immediately stopped it with shouts of “halt minen.” but the skier safely reached the german trenches. a series of grueling interrogations began, day and night, and the main question, how he managed to walk through the minefield and survive, demyanov could not answer even to himself. this was an oversight by military intelligence, which could cost him his life. then an inquiry into the supposedly soviet major, why he betrayed his homeland, then. minsk, early 1942, pogroms in the ghetto, execution of another group of partisans and... on foot to moscow. after 2 weeks, max, the operational pseudonym the germans gave to their agent, contact was made. the big game with abvar began. the disinformation was prepared in the operational department of the general staff. to make sure that the trans