Bandits and Psychos

16+ A series of incredible stories told by an officer. “Surveillance” reports over the radio that from the hotel “Sport,” where a meeting of “big shots” took place, a “VAZ-2106” sped away—whistling. The gang car slips past every traffic light, ignoring forbidden signals. It makes turns—sharp ones. But that doesn’t help. The “Zhiguli” are caught by police units. The special forces “six” cuts it off, blocking its path.

This is also an art: how to box in the pursued car—cutting it off in front and behind—with operative vehicles. How to approach the salon, from what angle, so you’ll be noticed last of all and no one will open fire. How to extract a twitching, resisting body from the cabin, sometimes sealed with every lock.

These—and many other professional secrets of the OMON—are in this book. Dozens of criminal stories, written vividly, interestingly, and with humor, cover the period from the 80s to today.

“Criminal stories about OMON are written sometimes with laughter, sometimes with tears—and without a doubt by a person who personally experienced them.” — Vitaliy EGOROV, the best detective of the Soviet Union by the early 90s, recipient of the Y. Semenov Prize, winner of the E. Hrutskiy literary contest.