Russia 1917-2017

Who are the Russians who overcome their fear every few years to have their voices heard? How do the different forces of opposition in Russia think about the commemoration of the revolutions of 1917, a few months before Putin is likely to be re-elected until 2024 as president? Will that term of office be one of shrinking freedom, greater repression and instability in Russia?

Stockmans and Mohadjerin scrutinize the active Russian civil society and NGOs that were labeled as "foreign agents". They seek out participants of the March and June 2017 protests and try to find out who they are and what their background is. They investigate whether the patriotic symbolism, of the sacrifice of individual complaints in favor of the defense of the fatherland, still appeals to the Putin generation, the youngsters born or raised under Putin since 1999.