As a former president of Russia loses his marbles, those around him get down to losing their morals. Former Russian president, Vladimir P, is going senile, marooned in a world of memories from his years in power. To get him out of the way, he has been exiled to his luxury dacha, where he is served by a coterie of bickering house staff. Only Sheremetev, the guileless nurse charged with Vladimir's round-the-clock care, is unaware that everyone else is busily using every means at their disposal to skim money from their employer's inexhaustible riches. But when the nurse suddenly needs to find...

Kousavá satira na současné Rusko a humorná variace na Orwellovu Farmu zvířat, v níž autor ukazuje, jak Vladimír Vladimírovič zkorumpoval svou zemi a oškubal její občany po stránce kulturní, duchovní a mravní. Odehrává se v blízké budoucnosti, kdy „pacient č. 1“ tráví svá pozdní léta na prezidentské dače a vzpomíná, jaké to bylo, když cinkal penězi a řinčel zbraněmi. Nemá tušení, že zaměstnanci ho bezostyšně okrádají a zneužívají. Jedinou čistou duší v jeho blízkosti je ošetřovatel Šeremetěv, ale i ten nakonec váhá, jak se...