On a snow-covered highway near the northern town of Kostomuksha, police find the frozen corpse of a woman in a frozen car. The victim is the wife of

Poshaev provides housing and jobs but execute's anyone who opposes him. Arzu, whom Poshaev takes under his wing prove's his loyalty and becomes

Masked figures with machine guns march into the secondary school in Karatas, take the pupils hostage. They make no demands. Silent terror is their