Russian-American professor Nicholas Krylov encounters a host of unusual characters while doing summer research on the 2018 World Cup Football Games to be held in multiple Russian cities.
A serious stray dog problem threatens to derail the Games in Yekaterinburg (Catherine Town).
Head city veterinarian Dr.
Ivan Krastov is devising new methods to capture and kill or train and adopt the strays.
He is also trying to modernize the city's animal control services to prevent danger to the visi.