makes ones mind   Brigada (Бригада), also known as Law of the
Lawless, is a Russian 15-episode crime miniseries that debuted
in 2002. It became very popular and received great reviews. The
miniseries follows the story of four best friends from 1989 to
2000, mainly concentrating on the leader of the group, Sasha
Belov, played by Sergei Bezrukov. The fifteen part miniseries
were written by Igor Porublyov and Aleksei Sidorov and were
directed by Aleksei Sidorov.   The film proceeds in
chronological order by years.  Summer 1989  The film begins in
1989 when Sergeant Alexander (Sasha) Belov, (nicknamed Beliy, or
white) has finished his national service in the Russian border
guards, and returns to his home in the Bedroom District in
Moscow. He is greeted by his three lifelong friends, Kosmos
Kholmogorov (or Kos/Space), Viktor Pchyolkin (Pchyola/Bee), and
Valery Filatov (Fil/Phil). Immediately Belov's friends Kosmos
and Pchyola, who in his absence have been affected by the
perestroika that has been transforming the