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Cast
Svetlana Kolpakova
as Нина Покровская
Kirill Safonov
as Иван Покровский
Igor Bochkin
as Владимир Сазонов
Tatyana Orlova
as тётя Маня
Andrej Averjanov
as Павел Жданов
Maksim Lagashkin
as Кириллов
Nonna Grishaeva
as Лидия Грошева
Sergey Yushkevich
as Дмитрий Грошев
Nikolai Romanovsky
as Артём Покровский
Mariya Shalaeva
as Лера
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2025
Runtime1 Season
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresMystery, Drama
Votes2
DirectorVsevolod Aravin, Margarita Smirnova, Sergey Titinkov, Nadezhda Solovyova, Konstantin Postnikov
WritersMargarita Smirnova
TypeWeb Series
Rating7.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsUlterior Motives
About Ulterior Motives
Nina Pokrovskaya is a happy wife and mother who once worked as an investigator. After the high—profile case of a serial killer, she left for her family, leaving her career to her husband, a high-ranking officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But one day, while taking pictures on the street, she accidentally shoots her husband with a young girl — at the moment when he should be on a business trip. Cheating ruins a normal life. Nina leaves, taking her son, and finds herself having to start over from scratch. Perhaps this is not the only mystery she will face.
Directed by Vsevolod Aravin, Margarita Smirnova, Sergey Titinkov, Nadezhda Solovyova, Konstantin Postnikov, Ulterior Motives leans on a strong ensemble — Svetlana Kolpakova, Kirill Safonov, Igor Bochkin — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about mystery titles of 2025.
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