Опера. Хроники убойного отдела (Seasons 1–3)

Opera. Khroniki uboynogo otdela (2004) is a Russian police procedural you can watch online on iFILM. It follows the homicide squad of a St. Petersburg precinct, with the gloss stripped off.

The detectives draw the full range of city crime: drug traffickers, contract killings, a powerful politician tangled in a blackmail scheme, and a serial killer methodically gunning down local cops. The cases fall to faces familiar from Streets of Broken Lights — Yuri Kuznetsov, Alexei Nilov and Sergei Selin — joined here by Anastasia Melnikova. Vladimir Shevelkov directs in a recognisable key: grey Petersburg, tired faces, office routine in place of car chases. One for viewers who value old-school Russian cop drama. Stream every episode of Opera online on iFILM.