FSB's hemmelige agent Gregorij Lioubov er udstationeret i Monaco, hvor han holder øje med den russiske industrimagnat Rostovskij. Også Alice, en knalddygtig fransk-amerikansk børshaj, har Rostovskij i kikkerten. Den allerede spegede situation bliver yderligere kompliceret af, at de to spioner falder for hinanden.
Den 15. november 2017 blev maleriet »Salvator mundi«, der tilskrives den italienske kunstner Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), solgt for en hidtil uset pris på 450 millioner dollars. En undersøgelse af kunstverdenens beskidte hemmeligheder og den overraskende historie om, hvordan et kunstværk er i stand til at forstyrre både personlige og geopolitiske interesser.
The life of a taxi driver is to not judge or get involved. It's to go where he's told to go, for a price. One day, Thomas gets a group of odd passengers with a ravenous dog. They have money, and they have places to be. How far will he go?
Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majority of Russians dissatisfied with Yeltsin… and willing to vote for the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. Yet six months later, Yeltsin won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. How did that happen?
Released from prison, former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky expounds on his newfound freedom and complex relationship with Vladimir Putin.
Marcel Theroux investigates the Russian art scene and the multi-millionaires who are acquiring the works of art.