Since 2012, a series of repressive laws were passed by the Russian government labelling everyone who publicly disagreed with the official narrative as «foreign agent», a traitor of Russia. In these circumstances, a group of independent Russian media and activists are trying to resist. Right after the invasion, another series of repressive laws is passed and overnight their work becomes virtually impossible. The journalists and activists are threatened with long prison sentences and forced to make difficult moral choices in the midst of total war censorship. Shot during one decisive year, before and after the invasion, the film portrays the last defenders of democracy in Russia and gives a glimpse of hope for another future.