Best Russian mystery series
A curated collection of popular mystery series from Russia.

Zorge (2019)
Zorge (2019)

Apostle (2008)
Apostle (2008)
At the beginning of the war, the Germans throw their saboteur into the USSR. The landing is unsuccessful - the spy is captured by the NKVD. When trying to escape, a saboteur who turned out to be a Russian thief in law, accidentally remaining in the occupied territory, dies. In order to find the other spies involved in the operation, the security officers have to turn to the criminal's twin brother, a rural teacher. He takes the place of the deceased in the German intelligence network and enters into a deadly game...

Black Cats (2014)
Black Cats (2014)
1947 Hunger and devastation reign in the war-drained country. Bread is worth its weight in gold, and the cost of human life is zero. Cities are controlled by criminal gangs: like black cats, they come undetected under the cover of darkness and easily disappear from the crime scene. A gang operating in Rostov-on-Don is robbing a food warehouse, but OBB Major Yegor Dragun suspects that this is not the work of ordinary criminals..

Warsaw'21 (2024)
Warsaw'21 (2024)
A well-known journalist is assassinated during the presidential campaign in Poland. The media pushes the narrative of Russian interference in the country's internal affairs, in order to support Silesian separatists and destabilize the situation. From a small spark, a geopolitical conflagration is ignited, capable of causing enormous damage.

Psychics. Revenge (2024)
Psychics. Revenge (2024)
Psychics. Revenge is a new mystical show where the participants in the “Battle of Psychics”, who didn’t win, will once again challenge themselves and show what they are capable of.

Bitva ekstrasensov (2007)
Bitva ekstrasensov (2007)
Each season of the “Battle of Psychics” on TNT becomes an event that changes the understanding of viewers and experts about the limits of human capabilities. Psychics find missing people, solve crimes, remove curses and predict the future. In the new season, we are waiting for another intrigue.

Casanova (2020)
Casanova (2020)
Moscow, 1978, the eve of the Olympic Games. In the Soviet Union, several cases of fraud have been registered, the victims of which were women "with a position in society." The victims describe the signs of the criminal in the same way: a charming, intelligent middle-aged man, easily insinuates himself into trust. After the suicide attempt of the deputy chairman of the district executive committee, a professional detective, police captain Shmakov and senior police lieutenant Polina Novgorodtseva, takes over the investigation of a high-profile case.

First Department (2020)
First Department (2020)
Yuri Bragin, after a year-long business trip, where he, as part of an investigation team, was investigating a high-profile case, returns to St. Petersburg. When he returns, he learns that the current head of the First Investigation Department of the First Directorate of the State Investigation Department, Vadim Maltsev, is retiring. With a high degree of probability, it is Bragin who will be offered his place. But Yuri is not a careerist and the position of the boss is not the goal of his life. A talented investigator likes to do "live work" more. And now he is again sent on a business trip. This time in one of the cities of the Leningrad region, where two girls were killed with a difference of a week. Here, in a small town, everyone knows each other, and this complicates the search for the criminal.

Миссия "Аметист" (2022)
Миссия "Аметист" (2022)

MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran (2020)
MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran (2020)
1978. Cherkasov's group begins a new investigation: a young gamer Kira Miller and her lover Colonel Potapenko were killed at a dacha near Moscow. It turns out that shortly before her death, Kira lost 400 thousand rubles in a katrana - an underground casino. To find out all the circumstances of the case, Major Cherkasov decides to send Sonya Timofeeva to the katran. At the casino, Sonya meets Boris, nicknamed the Musician, who works there as a pianist. They have a whirlwind romance. But one day, in front of Sonya, Boris commits a crime. Realizing that she is in danger, he looks for a way to save her.

MosGaz. Delo N8: Zapadnya (2021)
MosGaz. Delo N8: Zapadnya (2021)
1980 year. Pre-Olympic Moscow. The MUR people were tasked with preventing a single crime in the capital, clearing the city of all unreliable elements. Even the slaughter department is involved in the execution. Cherkasov and his team are entrusted with the fight against prostitution and "bad luck." But, instead, Ivan Petrovich is forced to investigate one murder after another. In the center of events is a bandit named Skull who recently left the prison. Almost all of the murders committed take place under the Skull, but there is no direct evidence of his involvement in the crimes. It is impossible to prove his guilt, but at the same time his innocence is under great doubt: as if someone invisible constantly saves the Skull from death, clearing the way for him. But who might be interested in this?

I Know Who Killed You (2024)
I Know Who Killed You (2024)
A three-year-old girl was abducted in a Moscow circus. The kidnapper does not need a ransom, he is driven by a thirst for revenge. He will make his parents suffer the way he suffers, having lost his only loved one. They will never know who punished them. To understand what he is avenging for, you need to go back in time.

Дама с собачкой (2022)
Дама с собачкой (2022)

Storm (2019)
Storm (2019)
Respected police detective Gradov reluctantly turns to crime to find the money to pay for his terminally ill wife’s urgent medical treatment. During an investigation into a string of crimes Gradov begins to fall under suspicion, his colleague Osokin becomes convinced of his guilt and determined to expose him. But Gradov has already sacrificed his integrity and knows that he will stop at nothing to save his wife.

Bloodhound (2016)
Bloodhound (2016)
Police Lieutenant Colonel Alexandra Kushnir was transferred from the Department of Internal Affairs of a large city to a small seaside town and appointed head of the criminal investigation department. The men's team is wary of the new leadership. But thanks to her logic, Alexandra successfully solves serious crimes. She is quickly gaining credibility among new colleagues.

Контуженный (2023)
Контуженный (2023)

Raya Knows (2015)
Raya Knows (2015)

Саша добрый, Саша злой (2017)
Саша добрый, Саша злой (2017)

Fear of the Neva (2024)
Fear of the Neva (2024)
The year is 1967. A series of mysterious murders of women are taking place in Leningrad. An experienced KGB major, Chuzhbin, and a police captain, Fedorov, are assigned to catch a maniac who leaves mysterious signs next to the victims.

Банда «ЗИГ ЗАГ» (2023)
Банда «ЗИГ ЗАГ» (2023)

Offline (2022)
Offline (2022)
BeHappy is a secret invisible application that serves to buy drugs through a smartphone. Its users face a serious opponent who hides under the name of Anonymus. He informs them that he has managed to disclose the data of everyone who has ever used this application and now he gives them a choice - to go to the police and confess everything or play a game with death. What happens if you lose this game becomes clear when Be Happy users receive a photo of kladen with his throat cut.

Territory (2017)
Territory (2017)
The series of shocking murders are forcing two absolutely opposite detectives to unite. Working as a team helping them to solve the crime but they understand that winning the war never means that war is over.

Insomnia (2021)
Insomnia (2021)
43-year old Yuri is a successful psychiatrist and hypnotist. A raving and committed non-believer, he is capable of rationalizing anything…except for his own nightmares. In his dreams, he sees his ex-wife who, many years ago, committed suicide, which was partially his fault. A red-headed woman he doesn't know. And a strange symbol that looks like an infinity sign. Because of insomnia, Yuri is used to spending his night hours getting drunk at a strip joint, and at times he drags dancers to his home. During one of his visits, he meets a new young dancer named Anya and suddenly finds himself getting attached to her. A mother of a small boy tormented by nightmares turns to Yuri for help. As he tries to untangle this case, Yuri begins to find evidence that reincarnation exists. And the boy gives him a clue to the mystery of his own nightmares.

Spy (2023)
Spy (2023)
Andrey Rybin, a talented analyst, works for the FSB in the department for combating organized crime and corruption. He is going to retire in order to finally relax and spend more time with his wife, adult daughter and beloved dog. Suddenly, a former CIA officer, Donovan, comes out to Rybin. Twenty-five years ago, he introduced an illegal intelligence officer, Rybin, to Russia and now demands fulfillment of his obligations. However, Rybin understands that Russia has become his native country, and now it is she, and not distant America, who is his Homeland, which needs to be protected and protected.

Bison: The Mannequin Case (2023)
Bison: The Mannequin Case (2023)
Moscow, 1974. During the premiere show, Mila Nikanorova, the leading model, was found hanged in the back room of the Model House on Kuznetsky Most. Kirill Bessonov, a principled and stubborn investigator of the MURA, begins the investigation.
