Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov - an outstanding Soviet intelligence officer. He devoted 35 years of his life to serving in illegal intelligence, was a Soviet resident in the United States and China. The first part of the book is the author's memories of the path traveled from the operational commissioner to the head of Department "C" of the First Main Directorate of the KGB. The second part of the book is journalistic articles that analyze the socio-political situation in our country from the beginning of the 90s of the last century to the present day.