Alexandra Alexandrovna Mitroshina (, born 27 June 1994 in

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),"Ukraine has banned entry to the Russian blogger Alexander Mitroshina"

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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

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against domestic violence in Russia "I did not want to die" (#ЯНеХотелаУмирать).

Biography

In 2015, Mitroshina graduated from the

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, and later from the Department of Communications, Media and Design of the

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in Moscow. Later, she worked and published at

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and worked on Radio Moscow FM. Mitroshina appeared on

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in 2016."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»)"
She now has a blog with more than four million subscribers. Initially being a non-political blogger, Alexandra launched, together with another activist, Alyona Popova, a

"I did not want to die" (

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#ЯНеХотелаУмирать) to support women's protests against recent laws which decriminalized domestic violence in Russia."I Did Not Want to Die: About Flashmob (Я Не ХотелА УМиратЬ: О Флешмобе Из Первых Уст)"

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