The Russian crime-detective series "Kantselarskaya Krysa" revolves around the story of Major Andrey Vershinin, who works in the police archive. He gets promoted and is sent to the small border town of Portovyy, where he is supposed to take over as the head of the local Department of Internal Affairs, replacing Colonel Avdeev, who recently passed away. The local officers express open dissatisfaction with the arrival of a new leader from another city.