The day before Vladimir Putin's inauguration, a march takes place on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square - a protest against the Russian government's unyielding grip on power. This peaceful march is brutally dispersed by the police. The film's protagonist, Solidarity activist Vselovod Chernozub, decides to stay on Bolotnaya Square until the end. They do not know that May 6th 2012 will mark the end of their generation's revolution and the start of a new era that has no place for them. But Vselovod is young, and convinced that peaceful protest will win out. He hopes to set up a tent city in Pushkin Square (Moscow) the day after the presidential elections and nudge society towards peaceful politics change... It is an attempt to answer some questions: Who is Putin for Russians, really? Is power in his hands, or in the hands of those who live in Russia? Why do people in Russia not to want changes? Could the Putin era last forever?

Putin Forever?

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.