2022年2月，俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭，暴行震驚全球，但對Masha和Ilya而言，爭取自由的戰爭早已開始。惡意逮捕競選對手、武力鎮壓人權運動、操縱輿論封鎖異言，兩人親眼見證國家一步一步走向極權。逆境之中，俄羅斯年輕學子依然奮起，呼籲眾人走上街頭，與志同道合的朋友並肩戰鬥，和長輩意見相左也不輕易罷休，因為他們始終相信，只要持續努力，未來將就此改變。

Masha and Ilya were born around the time Vladimir Putin came to power. The girl and the boy, just like their friends, wanted to live in a free, democratic and open country. Fighting for freedom and their future, our heroes organise discussion clubs and protest actions, participate in pickets and give lectures, support their comrades who are behind bars, try to change the minds of their relatives, friends and ordinary passers-by in various Russian cities. "Moscow, come out!" shouts Masha at a rally. But Moscow does not come out, it is busy and in a hurry. The centuries-old machine of unfreedom sweeps the boys away. War breaks out. And we all find ourselves in another reality.