Facing up to 15 years' imprisonment for protesting or even using the word 'war', this powerful film tells the inside story of defiant Russians who refuse to stay silent in the wake of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Filmed in secrecy over six months across Russia, this film from the BAFTA award-winning Exposure strand follows activists, a filmmaker, an academic, a social media influencer with a growing following and two regional journalists defying Putin's orders to investigate the true figure of Russian casualties. As the war intensifies and comes closer to home, some fear being conscripted and are soon forced to make big decisions about their future, but others are determined to stay no matter what the consequences.