- A criminal drama miniseries based on Andris Kolbergs' crime novel.
- On May 4th , 1995 Latvia demolishes the last remaining symbol of Soviet power, a USSR radio jamming station, and thus completes the country's symbolic liberation from foreign rule. But on the very same day, the nationalist wing of the government is shook when the aide of a popular nationalist's personal aide is found violently murdered. The murdered woman, Natalia Nolle was a talented and formidable woman with the ability to influence the decisions made by the politicians of the reestablished Latvian government. Knowing that the killing was a political one, the senior staff of the police force assign the murder case to a young, up-and-coming investigator. As he investigates the murder case, he finds traces of a grand conspiracy.
The series takes place in 1995. in a Latvia that has only had it's reestablished independence for 4 years. During this time, the country has managed to elect a parliament, restore Latvia's reputation internationally and come to an agreement with Russia for Russia to remove it's military forces from Latvia. However, the invisible power of the Russian military still remains. The KGB's shadow network of agents still exists and can act at any moment. Latvia is frequently visited by foreign investors who can easily trick the inexperienced government leaders of Latvia. Russia is covertly and slowly regaining it's influence in the new Latvian democracy. This is a unique conundrum. The country was but recently still behind the iron curtain, which was forced on it through violence by the USSR, but now it's in a completely different situation where it has liberty and the ability to decide how to govern itself. Yet the remnants of the USSR are still there in this new democracy. The parliament is full of not just naive freedom-fighting patriots, but also experienced members of the old Soviet nomenclature who have quickly managed to change their rhetoric and slogans. Who is a real patriot and who is just pretending for pragmatic reasons isn't clear and hard to tell.
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By what name was Crime Solving for Beginners (2022) officially released in Canada in English?
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