What was the title of the Russian adaptation of SVU?

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The Russian adaptation of SVU was titled Law & Order: Division of Field Investigation.

The Russian title is Закон и порядок: отдел оперативных расследований, transliterated as Zakon i poryadok: otdel operativnykh rassledovaniy. Russian production company Studio 2B purchased the adaptation rights in 2007, and the series followed investigators in Moscow handling sexually related crimes.

The adaptation aired on the NTV network and was directed by Dmitry Brusnikin. Its cast included Alisa Bogart and Vica Fiorelia, while later descriptions of the franchise identify it as a Moscow-set version adapted to the Russian justice system. The format therefore preserved SVU's focus while relocating the investigations and legal setting.

It is easy to confuse this title with Russian versions of other Law & Order shows, especially the separate adaptation of Criminal Intent. The answer is not "Special Victims Moscow" or "Criminal Intent: Russia"; those describe the premise or another franchise adaptation rather than the official title.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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