Formula of Revenge (Formula mesti)

Mosgaz. Major Tcherkasov's New Case
(Mosgas. Novoye delo mayora Tcherkasova)

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DVD Cover
(DVD release title differs from the TV release)

Country	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russia
Language	Russian
Creator	Sergey Korotaev
Broadcast	2019
No. of Seasons	1
No. of Episodes	8

Main Cast
Character	Actor

Militsiya Maj. Ivan Petrovich Tcherkasov	Andrey Smolyakov
Militsiya Capt. Sonya Timofeeva	Marina Aleksandrova
Vadim Stepanovich Buzyrev	Sergey Garmash
Militsiya Capt. Gennadiy Ivanovich Ryukhin	Sergey Stepanchenko
Stas Shelest	Yuriy Chursin
Militsiya Col. Nikita Pozhidaev	Yuriy Tarasov
Militsiya Gen. Fyodor Grigoryevich Sablin	Vadim Andreev
Militsiya Sr. Lt. Aleksey Garkusha	Aleksey Bardukov

Mosgaz. Major Tcherkasov's New Case (Mosgas. Novoye delo mayora Tcherkasova; titled Formula for Revenge (Formula mesti) prior to release and in DVD release) is a 2019 Russian detective TV series. In 1977 Militsiya Maj. Ivan Petrovich Tcherkasov (Andrey Smolyakov) investigates the death of a young student. The complex and complicated investigation leads Tcherkasov to the drug ring.

Novoye delo mayora Tcherkasova" is the sixth installment in the TV series about detective Ivan Tcherkasov.

The following weapons were used in the television series Formula of Revenge (Formula mesti):

Makarov PM (MP-371)

Makarov PM pistols, used by Militsiya Maj. Ivan Petrovich Tcherkasov (Andrey Smolyakov), Capt. Gennadiy Ivanovich Ryukhin (Sergey Stepanchenko), and Sgt. Egor Osadchiy (Aleksandr Golubev), turn out to be blank-firing MP-371s; some close-ups reveal markings on the guns. Several different versions of MP-371 are used (MP-371s were converted from various versions of live PM and less-lethal IZh pistols).

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MP-371 blank-firing pistol - Gevelot small caps

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Tcherkasov at the doors of the apartments of actor Pogodin.

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Another view of Tcherkasov's pistol in the same scene.

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In the scene in the apartments of the drug addict Borya, Tcherkasov holds a different version of MP-371.

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Osadchiy holds his pistol.

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Corrupt Capt. Ryukhin in the drug laboratory.