Newsmakers (Goryachie novosti)

V tsentre Moskvy gruppa operativnikov pod rukovodstvom mayora Smirnova gotovit operatsiyu po zakhvatu bandy vooruzhennykh prestupnikov vo glave s zagadochnym i neulovimym Germanom. V neozhidanno vspykhnuvshey zhestokoy perestrelke strazhi poryadka terpyat unizitelnoe porazhenie, a sluchayno okazavshayasya na meste sobytiy televizionnaya semochnaya gruppa snimaet i peredaet v efir reportazh o militseyskom fiasko.

Molodaya i ambitsioznaya nachalnitsa PR-sluzhby Katya Verbitskaya predlagaet svoy plan spaseniya "chesti mundira": moskovskaya militsiya smozhet vosstanovit svoe dobroe imya, prevrativ poimku osobo-opasnoy bandy v multimediynoe realiti-shou. No popavshie pod pritsel telekamer bandity v dolgu ne ostayutsya — oni zakhvatyvayut zalozhnikov i nachinayut svoyu sobstvennuyu translyatsiyu cherez internet.

Voyna mezhdu militsiey i prestupnikami razvorachivaetsya i v realnom mire, i v virtualnom prostranstve. No est v etoy voyne eshche odna storona — Smirnov. Ego ne interesuyut mediynye proekty — im dvizhet chuvstvo dolga i zhazhda mesti.