S ring of the 1985th. On instructions from the GRU, scout Yuri Nikitin enters the Pakistan fortress of Badaber. Nikitin must collect evidence of the existence here of a training center for Mujahideen under the leadershi of the CIA. After fulfilling a dangerous task, Nikitin sees on the territory of the fortress a grou of Russian risoners of war, among whom he recognizes his ..