It was published by Buka Entertainment in Russia in September 2005 and in the United States in October of that year.

It takes place in 1952 in Moscow in the Soviet Union, under Joseph Stalin who has been in power for over 30 years.

Suvorov discovers that a conspiracy of high-ranking officers want to detonate a secret nuclear weapon sent via D-6 during the Party assembly.

[1] Before E3 2005 GameSpot noted that its "combination [of] historical fiction plotline and modern FPS gameplay sets it apart from the typical sci-fi or military shooters that dominate the market today" and showed interest in way the physics engine allowed "different bullet penetration abilities for each weapon.

[2] Released on Steam, the game received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics outside of Russia.