Moscow 1981. The hard currency bar in the departure area of Sheremetyevo International Airport. The bartender murders a drunken West German citizen in the restroom. With the victim’s clothing, documents, and ticket, he plans to assume the victim’s identity and escape the USSR. The author, a former criminal investigator with extensive expertise, delves into the lives of the era’s protagonists, ranging from hotel prostitutes to KGB generals.
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Группа авторов. Bar in the Departure zone. The story of one escape
CATCHING ECHOES OF THE PAST
DIMA (1981)
FMD and SMD
NEPHEW AND UNCLE
MARTIN
SVERDLOVSK – CLOSED CITY
GOLDEN AGE
THE SEA
THE AIRPORT
KGB MATTERS
POLICE MATTERS
TERRITORIAL INTELLIGENCE
BREAKDOWN
ANYA GRACHOVA
BARMEN FROM SHEREMETYEVO
VENGENCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY
ABROAD
FATHER DMITRY
THE PRIEST’S INQUIRY
FRANKFURT
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Attention passengers, please check in for your flight and note that the boarding gate has been announced…Final boarding call…
The woman in the booth appeared confused.
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But times had changed, and he is no longer an airport security boss, as he was back in the 80s. Ah, the 80s… Yes, and he himself should already be at rest due to arrhythmia. What a distasteful word…
He did not recognize the person on the monitor screens, although the thick hair remotely resembled someone from the distant past.
