The TV series "Gangster Petersburg 6: The Journalist" is based on the crime detective novel "The Garbage Collector" by Andrei Konstantinov and Alexander Novikov. Former police operative Alexander Zverev is released from a correctional colony. He meets journalist Andrei Obnorsky, who is also heading to St. Petersburg from a place of confinement. However, Semyonov's associates unexpectedly intercept Obnorsky and take him away in an official car. Additionally, following this convoy are individuals connected to the criminal authority Naumov.