Kazanova(2020)

Kazanova is a Soviet crime series set in Moscow during 1978, on the eve of the Olympic Games. A charming con artist has been defrauding prominent women across the city, winning their trust through intelligence and charisma before disappearing with their money. When the deputy chairman of a district executive committee attempts suicide, the case escalates. Police captain Shmakov and senior lieutenant Polina Novgorodtseva take charge of the investigation, pursuing a criminal who operates in the shadows of Soviet society. The series follows their determined hunt through a landscape of deception and social privilege, blending procedural detective work with the tension of a high-stakes fraud case unfolding during the nation's most celebrated moment.