Architect Artyom Artov lives the way everyone dreams. He easily earns a lot of money, drives an expensive sports car and meets a model. But the idyll is suddenly interrupted when Artyom is mistaken for an international criminal nicknamed the Snake. Interpol agents, FSB officers and Albanian terrorists start hunting for the guy. He is learning how to survive in a megalopolis without funds and documents, and is also trying to figure out how to regain his identity and reputation.