Summer, St. Petersburg of the 21st century. Student Rodion Raskolnikov is exhausted by lack of money, unemployment and thoughts about the meaninglessness of his existence. An idea is maturing in his mind that some people have the right to the most vile acts if they make great discoveries and move the world forward. To test the theory on himself, he kills an old woman who is a microcreditor. Investigator Porfiry Petrovich is on Raskolnikov's trail, who wants to get a sincere confession from him.