Empire is Under Attack (Season 1)

Empire is Under Attack (2000) is a Russian historical crime series you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Andrei Malyukov and Sergei Gazarov. The story unfolds in early 20th-century Russia: explosions rock Moscow and St. Petersburg, political assassinations follow one after another, and revolutionary cells work to bring down the tsar.

An elite unit of the Imperial Secret Police is assembled to stop the bloodshed. Lead investigator Putilovskiy, played by Igor Livanov, moves through a world where informant and revolutionary can be the same man — just depends on the day. Valentin Bukin and Nikolai Yeremenko round out the core team. The show works as a period thriller and as a portrait of an empire unraveling from within. Watch Empire is Under Attack online on iFILM.