Ilyina's driver was killed, and the woman was abducted and hidden outside the city, the criminals injected her with truth serum and recorded on camera a confession that she was not going to fulfill her election promises, but called voters cattle. Medushevsky gives the scandalous material a go, and Ilyina's political career is crumbling before our eyes. Kristina tells Vershinin that they want to kill her, and he is ready to help her in exchange for testimony against the criminal.

A temporary police chief has been appointed in the city. While Ilyina is being held hostage, Medushevsky is promoting his candidate for mayor. The balance of power in the Port is changing — the "Moscow resources" are clearly losing their positions. Meanwhile, the opera continues to search for evidence that Vershinin was not involved in Pavlov's murder and encounters an unexpected obstacle.

Jamal's men take the cargo at the port and take it to their base, where some of the boxes are loaded into another car. Vershinin finds out about this in advance, and as a result of a special operation, he manages to detain Jamal's younger brother. Khaletsky and Ilyina, who escaped from the Caucasian militants, return to the city, where they are not at all welcome. Medushevsky has to look for new ways to put pressure on both of them.