April is the Golubkin family’s favorite month: not only because of the first warmth and sun, but also because of Cosmonautics Day, which is considered a home holiday in the family of a specialist in hypersonic flow around aircraft elements.

On January 26, 2022, a search was conducted in Alexander’s apartment. Security forces seized the equipment and took the owner away for interrogation. Afterwards, Strukov disappeared; for half a day neither his relatives, nor friends, nor lawyers, nor human rights activists could find him. At night, Alexander got in touch and said that he was in a temporary detention center - a temporary detention center - as a suspect in a crime.

On July 12, 2023, Polina Yevtushenko took her daughter to kindergarten. On leaving the territory of the institution, she was detained on charges of “treason”: “They threw me around as if I was not a person, but a bag of garbage. I remembered this and cried. The worst thing was the detention. It is too rough, although they took me gently. It could have been worse. I couldn’t think for a long time.

Opalnik was detained in January 2023. He was accused of confidential cooperation with Ukraine (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code); 14 months after his arrest, the charge was made more serious by adding another article - “attempt to organize voluntary surrender” (352.1 of the Criminal Code).