About Frederick Bernas

Frederick Bernas is a freelance journalist living in New York. During 2008-2010 he worked in Moscow, reporting for the Guardian, Monocle and the Global Post, among other media. His website is www.frederickbernas.com.

Articles by Frederick Bernas

Kiss and run: documentary casts fresh light on pro-Putin youth movement

Plucked from obscurity in the Russian provinces, Masha Drokova was a rising star of the pro-Kremlin youth movement Nashi. Yet she was also friends with Oleg Kashin, an independent and critical journalist who was later nearly killed by assailants allegedly connected to her movement. Drokova’s evolving moral dilemma is captured in a remarkable new documentary, Putin’s Kiss, which opens in the UK on Sunday.

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