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A well-known journalist is assassinated during the presidential campaign in Poland. The media pushes the narrative of Russian interference in the country's internal affairs, in order to support Silesian separatists and destabilize the situation. From a small spark, a geopolitical conflagration is ignited, capable of causing enormous damage.
Timofey Nazarov, the head of the colony in the remote taiga, still dreams of escaping to the capital — and is betting on cinema again. But Nikolai Videnin was released, and now Nazarov is transferring a new prisoner to his colony — the famous Moscow director Matvey Selyuzhitsky, who gets the nickname "Motor" and begins to reshoot iconic Hollywood action films.