ApictureofRussianfascists.ThenarrativeconstructionisfocusedaroundthetragicdeathofthejournalistAnastasiaBaburovafromtheNovayaGazeta,whowasshottodeathbyaRussiannationalistintheverycentreofMoscowin2009.Anevocativestoryabouttherighttofreedom,whichisalsosharedbythosewhowanttotakeitfromothers. LoveMe,Please!isdevotedtoatalentedyoungjournalistfromSevastopolwhoselifewascutshortbyabulletshotbyaneo-Nazikiller.ThefilmalsoexamineshowthefewremaininghumanrightsactivistsinRussiacancontinuetobeeffectivetoday. “Gooddaycomrades,parents!MayIaskyouforsomething:loveme,please!”AnastasiyaBaburovawrotetheselinesonJanuary13,2009.Herparentsreadthemtwodayslater.Lessthanfourdayslater,journalistBaburova,notyet26yearsold,wasdead.ShewasshotinthestreetsofMoscowatthesametimeaslawyerStanislavMarkelov,who,inhisownwords,was“thelegalfrontlineagainstfascistinfluenceinRussia”. “TheheroesofthisfilmareNastya’sfriends,colleagues,parents.RealvideodocumentationofRussianfascistsandmusicclipsfoundonNaziwebsitesareusedinfilm.ThesematerialsdisclosetherealscaleofNeo-nazisminmodernRussia,where144organizationswithmorethanahalfmillionactivemembersareofficiallylisted.” InternationalHumanRightsDocumentaryFilmFestivalDocudaysUA