What is the main conflict in The Case of Comrade Tulayev by Victor Serge?

The Case of Comrade Tulayev, by Victor Serge, is a fiction novel that highlights the real-life corruption behind the Soviet Union. Author Victor Serge (born Victor Kibalchich) was the son of Russian political exiles and an exile himself. He spent much of his life writing fiction that exposed totalitarianism and corruption in the U.S.S.R.