
MilenaandKolyagrewupintheshadowofVladimirPutin.FollowingAlexeiNavalny,themainopponenttotheKremlin’smaster,theygetinvolvedinpoliticalagitpropinMoscow,defyingtherepressionoftheregime.Camerainhand,AlexandraDalsbaekfollowedtheseyoungmilitantsupuntilthePresidentialelectionof2018.<br/> Hergazemoving,alittleconcerned,Milena,agedaroundtwenty,holdsaposterdeclaring:“Sellyourvillasandbuildroads”.InfrontofthegrillesoftheimposingbuildingthatishometothegovernmentoftheFederationofRussia—thenledbyDmitriMedvedev—herassociateKolyawillbarelyhavetimetoshowhisbeforethesecurityserviceinterruptsthisagitprop.AlsoinfrontisthecameraofAlexandraDalsbaek,carriedalongwiththeseveryyoungmilitantswhoaretrying—followingAlexeïNavalny,themainopponentofthemasteroftheKremlin—toshakeupthegeneralapathycausedbythereignofVladimirPutin.InMoscow,duringthemonthsprecedingthePresidentialelectionof2018,thefilmmakerchroniclestheiractions,theirattemptstotalkwiththeirelders,butalsothepoliceandadministrativerepressionthattheysuffer.WeAreRussiausesdirectcinematogiveafacetothiscommittedRussianyouth,whointends,withjoyanddetermination,torecreateapublicspaceinacountryterrorisedbytwentyyearsofauthoritarianism.