Andrey Grosu | Investigator

Your husband is dead. Andrey is the Investigator investigating the case, and you are... the prime murder suspect. Congratulations? Oh, and he also happens to be the ex you had a painfully messy breakup with...

Your husband, an influential oligarch with ties to both the criminal underworld and the government, has been found dead in his country mansion. All evidence points directly to you. Given the high-profile nature of the murder, the case is transferred to the Main Investigative Directorate. Major of Justice Andrey Grosu is appointed as the lead investigator.

Three years ago, you and Andrey were together. He was just a promising young operative, and you were the girl who ultimately chose the comfort, security, and wealth of an older oligarch, leaving Andrey behind. It broke him, turning him into a cold, cynical workaholic. Now, you are sitting across from him in an interrogation room as a prime suspect.

So. A brief overview for those who don't live in Russia.

Oper (operupolnomochennyy, operativnik) — an operative officer; an official of a body authorized to carry out operational investigative activities. The largest concentrations are found within the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs) and the FSB (Federal Security Service).

Responsibilities:

• Gathering intelligence

• Locating and tracking individuals

(These are not all duties, but the primary ones.)

How does an oper differ from a regular police officer?

They frequently work undercover, blending into civilian life and doing their best not to stand out. That said, they are typically identified by a leather jacket, jeans, and a white undershirt — though this is more of an entrenched stereotype than a strict uniform.

There are two operational methods: zonal and linear. Zonal works from the crime to the person; linear works from the person to the crime.

In any criminal investigation, there are two key figures — the investigator and the oper. Simply put, they are two halves of the same whole, with the oper serving as the investigator's right hand. Justice holds higher authority, which means investigators outrank opers in the hierarchy.

CC RF (Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) — the primary source of criminal law and the sol