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Music producer Evgenich, who wrote all the hits of the 90s, returns to show business after 30 years of exile. His friend from the 90s, Viktor Vorokhov, helps him with this. He supplies Evgenich with food and brings clients—Russian pop stars—to his basement. But Evgenich's long-awaited comeback does not please his sworn enemy Anton Kasetov. In the early 90s, Kasetov made a career out of bashing Evgenich in the media. Upon learning that Evgenich is still alive and continues to write hits, he decides to find and destroy his rival.
Volodya Mulyavin, a simple guy from Soviet Sverdlovsk, dreams of creating his own band, ignoring the ridicule of his peers and his mother's protests. A dream comes true unexpectedly. Thanks to his talented guitar playing, Volodya quickly gained popularity among his colleagues in the military unit in Belarus and created the vocal ensemble Pesnyary, which became the most popular Soviet band of the 1970s.
1745. The reigning Empress Elizabeth Petrovna is infertile. The only heir is her feeble-minded nephew Peter III. Elizabeth cannot allow Peter to ascend to the throne, so she decides to marry the tsarevich, wait for the birth of her son, and then take the boy and raise him as a real Russian emperor herself. Brides are coming to St. Petersburg. Among them is the lovely Fike - the young Princess Sofia Frederica from the impoverished branch of the Prussian kings.
Four hosts discuss some current news and comment on different issues in politics and economics, similar to 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe. The show's name is a reference to the 80s TV program "Прожектор Перестройки" - a program that was discussing current events on Soviet television during the times of Perestroika - and American socialite Paris Hilton, who, according to Svetlakov, symbolizes lack of taste. Thus, the name of the show implies that this is a current events program that shouldn't be taken seriously.
Policeman Pavel Kravtsov is a rather strange man. If he has to handcuff someone, he apologizes and asks if he is pressing. He is ambitious but honest; he is young but thoughtful. With such inclinations, you can't really make a career in the city police. So a city man, senior Lieutenant Kravtsov, gets through to the remote village of Anisovka by an ordinary district police officer.
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.