TASS Is Authorized to Declare...

*TASS Is Authorized to Declare...*
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
Written by	Yulian Semyonov
Directed by	Vladimir Fokin
Theme music composer	Eduard Artemyev
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original language	Russian
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer	Pyotr Pashkevich
Cinematography	Igor Klebanov
Editor	Yelena Zabolotskaya
Running time	700 minutes
Production company	Gorky Film Studio
Original release
Release	10 August 1984

TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (Russian: ТАСС уполномочен заявить..., translit. TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) is a 1984 Soviet spy miniseries directed by Vladimir Fokin. The series is set in Cold War era and portrays the struggle of Soviet and American intelligence agencies. It is based on a novel by the same name by Yulian Semyonov (the author of cult spy series Seventeen Moments of Spring). "17 Moments" star Vyacheslav Tikhonov played KGB General Konstantinov, the protagonist of the "TASS..." series.^[1]

Original film music score was composed by Eduard Artemyev as a blend of progressive rock and electronic music.

Plot

Trianon (

CIA handlers in Moscow with information on Soviet supplies to the fictional African state of Nagonia which he obtains through his high-positioned expert job. The KGB counterintelligence

painstakingly identifies and neutralizes him. Trianon kills his fiancee who raised suspicions on his double life and then attempts to commit suicide when arrested, but the KGB secures his apprehension and interrogation.

At the same time in Nagonia, Soviet counterintelligence agent Slavin (

coup d'etat

in the country by pro-American General Ogano against ruling progressive president Grisso. Several foreign whistleblowers providing Slavin with information are killed by Glabb's order.

As the result of successful KGB operation, the

TASS state news agency

issues a sensational news bulletin exposing the CIA plot.