Beirut. Surgeon.
Studied in Moscow.
Terrorists killed his wife and 2 children.
Been working with us 8 years.
Codename Avicenna,
real name Latifi...
You already know Nikolai.
So the Boa's still
posted overseas?
Posokhov...
What can you do...
Nearly got kicked
out of the secret service
for his latest affair of the heart.
But he recruits like no one else...
A master...
Winds round them -
they can't get away.
Just one question -
who replaces Stroyev?
There's a candidate.
Young, a specialist with a future,
in my opinion.
No better cover group
leader anywhere.
What a recommendation.
Sounds great.
Who is this guy?
A guy by the name of Rita Novosyolova.
Former student of mine.
Codename Mastermind.
No objections?
Good figure,
but in our line of business...
women pose a risk.
Rejected.
Firstly she's a lieutenant
with top-hole training,
the fact she's a woman
takes second place.
vladimir...
What?
Suppose she gets pregnant?
Enough! Orders cannot be discussed.
ln any case,
Novosyolova's already there.
Where?
The Middle East, Mayor Bystrolyotov.
Where else?
lf Jawad's so suspicious,
Gafur alone won't be enough.
We need a bit more playacting.
How can you make
a guy like Jawad trust you?
An Oriental and an old soldier.
We have to save him
and kill his enemy.
Well done.
lsn't that a bit too Bollywood?
Overthe top?
You wanted more drama yourself...
Eat up.
Jawad eats at his buddy Zakirov's
restaurant Shakhriartwice a week.
His secretary calls
the day before to book a table.
The plan's simple:
you seize him from the restaurant,
then save him.
So he thinks Gafur did it.
Yes.
And naturally we do
away with Jawad...
Of course...
You got it...
Look.
-Who's that?
- Don't forget...
Jawad isn't your goal,
he leads to this man.
The man nobody ever saw.
The werewolf... Ali-Hadi...
Ringleader of viper.
He's our main target.
You play table tennis?
Not in the mood.
Tomorrow, then.
lf tomorrow ever comes.
Tomorrow never dies.
Never say never.
What cretin writes
the passwords...
Rita.
victor...
Are you ashamed
for him oryourself?
For my country.
Passwords are the least of the idiocies
we inherit from our country.
You'll understand soon enough.
lt can be worse?
Sure...
There's our minibus,
full of electrical gear,
but it won't start.
That's just the way it is.
Can't they fix it?
Useless as trying to match
a barn and a spaceship.
As leader of the cover group
l promise to fix it.
Brave girl...
l had a buddy: went parachute jumping,
caught snakes with his bare hands.
But an ordinary tap proved
too much for him,
he neverfinished the job.
Operation begins tomorrow at 14.00.
Target -you go
to the restaurant with our guys.
At 14.30 cargo dispatched
from the airport.
lf all goes well,
at 15.00 we seize Sheibani.
At 15.10 you meet the Paris flight
with the corpses - Gafur's gang.
At 23.30 we transfer Sheibani -target:
Abandoned House in the Desert.
At 00.30 you take the corpses there.
lf anything happens en route
oryou're late, adopt plan B.
What's plan B?
Plan B sucks, as a rule...
l get it...
Don't worry, you won't have
to blush on my account.
Hope not...
Are you worried?
To be honest, very worried.
Quite right.
lf the cover group leaderfrets
over a job, it's sure to work out okay.
lt's a good omen, almost a law.
Target in situ.
State of alert 1.
Hearyou.
State of alert 1.
This way, Mr Sheibani...
As usual...
Hard day...
Hope it ends better
than it began, Mr Sheibani.
That's why l been
coming here 3 years, Omar.
You always know what to say.
l feed you with
more than words, sir.
The food's superb, but the
French style of service is a minus.
We have traditions,
you should observe them.
l'll see to it...
With your permission, sir...
Don't stand on ceremony.
- How much longer.
-We can wait.
State of alert 2.
State of alert 2.
'Postgraduate's' ready, level 2.
Attention please,
Flight 42759 from Paris
is