She spoke out against Putin’s Russia. It came at a cost. 

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Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko spoke out against many injustices in her home country. In 2019, she was put under house arrest and was not even allowed to be with her sick daughter as she was dying. A new documentary, shortlisted for an Oscar, follows Shevchenko as she sets out on a journey to scatter her daughter’s ashes in the Black Sea.

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