Sofia Gominova wanted to be a lawyer from age 11.
Born after the fall of the Soviet Union, she grew up in a Russia blighted by organized crime and watched police dramas on TV, wanting to "fight evil like they did."
Now, at 29, Gominova believes she is doing just that.
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