Masha Drokova was 23 at the release of Putin's Kiss, a documentary about her time at the forefront of the Russian youth nationalist movement. She had broken away from the organization four years before, and used the film as an opportunity to reflect upon her split from the group and what it meant for her professionally and ideologically. Since then, she has moved to New York City, where she does public relations for tech firms, particularly European companies looking to break into a large global market - LinguaLeo, for example, a Russian app for learning English. According to her LinkedIn, she is one of many professionals from Russia and the satellite states who have recently moved to the U.S. and are forming their own companies there.
In terms of recreational online presence, she is active on Twitter and Instagram. She does not appear to be involved in politics -- the only reference to it on her Twitter account is a Tweet from Halloween of 2015: "2 mln people are going to be Halloween parade tonight.. Debating. Don't like crowds/demonstrations since I left politics." At least based on her online life, she appears to be focusing on a professional future in America rather than her political past in Russia.
Here are a few sources on Masha:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashadrokova/?hl=en
Interview: http://mashable.com/2016/01/06/putin-drokova-russia-new-york/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mashadrokova
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mashadrokova
Any websites with her information that you could post?
ReplyDeleteAlthough Masha has stepped away from politics and discussing her political option openly I found this article by Oleg Kashin (the narrator of Putin's Kiss) really interesting. In this interview he states that he too has left Russia now living in Switzerland although he returns on a regular basis for work. Despite all of the discrimination and violence he faced and documented in the documentary, he remains vocal and involved in opposition politics unlike Masha. He offers an interesting critique and perspective on Putin's administration surrounding LGBT rights and the Sochi Olympics.
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The information given in the documentary and her online presence afterward is very interesting. The power these youth groups have had over people is not to be taken lightly and her story is perfect for trying to understand the situation in Russia.
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