Taxi driver Pavel Krasavchenko's day has started badly. After his wife tells him she is filing for divorce, he finds his first customer of the day, Shusha dead in his flat. A few months ago, Shusha, who it turns out, was a tough gangster, along with his buddy Kostia the “Skewer“ had robbed some security guards who were delivering money to a bank and now, Shusha was to dispose of the stolen diamonds. But Skewer had his own plans for the loot, which did not include his accomplice. Pavel, after a long wait outside his client's house and still no sign of Shusha, goes in to investigate only to find that the gangster has been murdered. The taxi driver immediately calls the police and gives them the required evidence only to discover later that the stolen diamonds are in the trunk of his taxi. To force Pavel to return the diamonds, the gangsters kidnap Pavel's daughter.