[2] The plot for the film, written by Kunin, involved a story of teenagers with a criminal background who were caught by the NKVD during the Great Patriotic war, then trained as saboteurs in special schools and thrown into the German countryside to face a certain death.

[2] After the film was shown in Russia, the Federal Security Service responded with a press-release, stating that archives of security services of Russia and Kazakhstan do not have any documents confirming the existence of "kid saboteur schools", and that there are no archive documents about missions to send saboteur groups consisting of teenagers into the adversary's rear.

[3] While the advertising campaign of the film claimed it was based on real accounts, after the controversy arose both the writer and the director confessed the plot was mere fiction.

[5]Dmitry Puchkov commented on the film making: The sum of 700,000 USD was immediately released by the state to shoot this ideological carrion.

It's only unclear, why on earth the artist has the right to shit on heads of his compatriots for the money of those citizens, that were paid as taxes and spent to shot the film Svolochi.