(CNN) -- Opening in select U.S. theaters next week, the documentary "Putin's Kiss" tells the story of a Russian teenager who became famous in the mid-2000s when she was shown on TV giving President Vladimir Putin a kiss on the cheek. Danish filmmaker Lise Birk Pedersen's movie is well-timed. Putin won his third term as Russia's president last month and will officially take power in May. He is finishing up a stint as prime minister, as he was limited to two consecutive terms as president. While not well-known in the West, Masha Drokova will always be a symbol of Putin's power and of the first generation to come of age in post-Soviet Russia, after her tumultuous tenure as the spokeswoman for Nashi, a nationalist youth movement that Putin officials created in 2005. Nashi organized mass marches in support of the Russian president, proactively heading off opposition to Putin at every turn.
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Masha Drokova was the spokeswoman for Nashi, a youth group Putin created
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Filmmaker: Masha became torn between Nashi and journalists who questioned it
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Audiences watch Masha's disillusionment with @placeholder turn to anguish when one of those reporters is savagely beaten by attackers he suspects are Nashi members.
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CNN spoke with Pedersen by phone from her home in @placeholder.
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Pedersen: When @placeholder was very young, and Russia was changing to a capitalist society, the middle class gained more money, more possibilities to send their young people to good schools and to take vacations abroad.
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Pedersen: When Masha was very young, and @placeholder was changing to a capitalist society, the middle class gained more money, more possibilities to send their young people to good schools and to take vacations abroad.
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So people were much more optimistic and they really looked up to @placeholder and (were) feeling proud about Russia.
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So people were much more optimistic and they really looked up to Putin and (were) feeling proud about @placeholder.
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I wanted to portray that side as well, and that's also one of the reasons I chose to portray a person who was a spokesperson for @placeholder's youth movement, Nashi.
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In @placeholder they believe very much in Russia and that Russia should be the leader of 21st century, and to make (the country) the leader of the 21st century we need to support the ruling power.
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In Nashi they believe very much in Russia and that @placeholder should be the leader of 21st century, and to make (the country) the leader of the 21st century we need to support the ruling power.
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And if you don't support the ruling power, if you're critical towards @placeholder, you're basically labeled an enemy.
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A lot of these young liberal journalists that @placeholder started to hang out with, they were very critical about Putin and his ruling.
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It's not like a young person would wake up in the suburb and then think "Oh, I have to go out and support @placeholder and then form Nashi."
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People are saying that @placeholder will disappear, but I'm not sure about that.