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Vera Vrubel (born June 30, 1972, Leningrad, USSR) — Russian journalist and columnist, freelance editor. Known as a blogger and activist.

Biography
Vera was a member of unofficial Leningrad and then St. Petersburg musical salons and clubs. One of the ... In late 1990-e she became celebrity of the new-aged Petersburg club life...

Writing and Editing
She started writing as a blogger in 2002 in LiveJournal.com. As a lawyer, she worked for Dentons and sued...

Her wide connections with contemporary music sphere allowed her to be one of the newline music and fashion critics.

Recent activity
In 2017 Vera Vrubel has spearheaded nationwide efforts against the homophobe sign of so called farmers shops of German Sterligov in Saint Petersburg.

Her activity became “the first victory over a homophobe.”

Interviews
http://legal-dialogue.org/ru/vera-vrubel-here-i-was-mad-as-hell

https://grani-vremeni.podster.fm/2467

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sterligov-homophobia-grocery-chain-lgbt-insulting-signs/28836053.html

https://www.svoboda.org/a/28568442.html

www.svoboda.org/amp/28568475.html

www.svoboda.org/amp/28831706.html

https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/vechernee_shou/sodomity_i_prokuratura_pobedili_sterligova-449183/