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Alexandra Mitroshina

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Alexandra Mitroshina
Born
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Mitroshina
NationalityRussian
Years active2013-

Alexandra Alexandrovna Mitroshina (Russian: Александра Александровна Митрошина, born 27 June 1994 in Petrozavodsk),[1] also known as Sasha Mitroshina, is a Russian public figure, writer, journalist, radio host and blogger. She is mostly known as one of founders (together with Alyona Popova) of a social media flash mob against domestic violence in Russia "I did not want to die" (#ЯНеХотелаУмирать).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Biography

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In 2015, Mitroshina graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, and later from the Department of Communications, Media and Design of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.[1] Later, she worked and published at Mail.Ru and worked on Radio Moscow FM.[1]

Mitroshina appeared on Instagram in 2016.[10] She now has a blog with more than four million subscribers.[1][11] Initially being a non-political blogger, Alexandra launched, together with another activist, Alyona Popova, a flash mob "I did not want to die" (hashtag #ЯНеХотелаУмирать) to support women's protests against recent laws which decriminalized domestic violence in Russia.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ukraine has banned entry to the Russian blogger Alexander Mitroshina". RFE/RL (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Russia's Version of #MeToo Has Struggled to Take Off — Until Now". Time
  3. ^ "'I didn't want to die': Why are Russians using bloody make-up to tackle domestic abuse?". Dhruti Shah and Yaroslava Kiryukhina. BBC News
  4. ^ "Russia's Blogger And Journalist Alexandra Mitroshina Is On A Mission Of Empowering Women. Read Her Story Here" International Business Times
  5. ^ "'Whose Is It?' Ukrainian Activists Confront Russian Blogger In Kyiv, With Violent Results". Tony Wesolowsky. RFE/RL
  6. ^ "Russian women share selfies with painted injuries to push for stricter domestic violence laws". Kassidy Vavra. (July 25, 2019). MSN News
  7. ^ "Russian women post selfies with fake injuries to protest lax domestic violence law". Caroline Radnofsky and Elena Holodny. MSNBC.
  8. ^ "Russian women post bruised selfies to push for domestic violence law". Reuters.
  9. ^ "Blogger Mitroshina tells about double meaning of #ЯНеХотелаУмирать hashtag (Блогер Митрошина рассказала о двойном значении хештега #ЯНеХотелаУмирать)" (in Russian)
  10. ^ "The Clever Blogger Sasha Mitroshina says, Taboo of money in the society theme is not necessary («Умный блогер» Саша Митрошина: «Табу на тему денег в обществе заложено зря»)" (in Russian)
  11. ^ "В идеальные картинки больше не верят" Meduza. (in Russian).
  12. ^ "I Did Not Want to Die: About Flashmob (Я Не ХотелА УМиратЬ: О Флешмобе Из Первых Уст)". (in Russian)
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