Overheard in Rybinsk (Russian: Подслу́шано в Ры́бинске, romanized: Podslushano v Rybinske) is a Russian television series produced by 1-2-3 Production in the genre of an ironic thriller. The series stars Timofey Tribuntsev, Ruzil Minekaev, Anton Vasilyev, Yulia Khlynina, and Mikhail Kremer.
The series premiered on the streaming platforms Premier and Start on January 30, 2025. On March 14, 2025, Premier announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, with the setting to change to a different city.
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Plot
The story centers on Yura Maltsev, a journalist for a small provincial newspaper who has spent his entire life writing mundane news about his hometown. Suddenly, Yura begins experiencing epileptic seizures during which he sees visions predicting murders that will secretly take place in Rybinsk. The situation becomes more complicated when Yura himself becomes the main suspect in one of the cases.
Cast
Timofey Tribuntsev as Yuri Nikolayevich Maltsev, a provincial newspaper journalist
Ruzil Minekaev as Sasha Shirmanov (Shirmik), a local young man from Rybinsk
Anton Vasilyev as Konstantin Sergeyevich Lukyanov, a local television host
Yulia Khlynina as Zoya Grigoryeva, police captain
Mikhail Kremer as Yegor Bayanov (Bayan), police captain
Varvara Volodina as Tanya, Yura's daughter
Svetlana Kolpakova as Yulia, Yura's wife
Sergey Belyaev as Oleg Viktorovich Vasilyev, head of the Rybinsk police department
Anatoly Kot as Georgy Markovich Shcherbakov, businessman and mayoral candidate
Sergey Kozik as a fisherman murdered by Kostya
Yekaterina Channova as Vika Bochkaryova, a student murdered by Kostya
Irina Kryuchkova as Masha Volkova, an actress and Shirmik's friend
Sergey Dyakov as Puzyr, Shirmik's friend
Grigory Kalinin as Boris Kokin, a theater director
Aleksey Kolubkov as Leonid Yevgenyevich, editor-in-chief of Volzhsky Vestnik
Anton Afanasyev as a psychiatrist
Episodes
Production
The concept of the series was proposed by creative producer and screenwriter Ivan Baranov, who grew up in Rybinsk and was deeply familiar with the city.
Filming began on November 17, 2023, in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast. Some scenes were filmed along the Volga River and the Rybinsk Reservoir. Filming wrapped on February 13, 2024.
The series was presented at the New Season online cinema festival in September 2024.
The television premiere aired on NTV on December 8, 2025.
Reception
The first season became a major hit within six weeks, ranking first among all original Premier series by total viewers. According to the platform, the premiere was Premier's strongest launch in the previous two years, accumulating around three million views after the first three episodes. The series also received a 100% positive rating from Russian film critics on the Kinopoisk review aggregator.