Alexi Friedman marries Katia Druzhynina

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Alexi Friedman, a Riverdale native and a former Riverdale Press managing editor, married Katia Druzhynina on May 7, in a garden ceremony at a private home in Irvington, New York. Robert Berson of the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester officiated.

The bride, 32, is an information technology project manager. She most recently worked at Credit Suisse in the private banking division in Manhattan. Mrs. Friedman, who is taking her husband’s name, received a bachelor of law degree from Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus, before moving to the United States, where she received a bachelor of business administration from Baruch College in Manhattan. She is a daughter of Alla Druzhinina and Viktor Druzhynin of Minsk, Belarus.

The groom, 41, is a journalist who worked for The Riverdale Press for nine years. He was a reporter, sports editor then managing editor of the newspaper. Mr. Friedman is also a former staff reporter at The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey and was most recently a senior writer at Commercial Mortgage Alert in Hoboken, New Jersey. He graduated from The Fieldston School and received a bachelor of science degree in print journalism from Boston University. He is the son of longtime Riverdale resident Electra Askitopoulos-Friedman and the late Philip L. Friedman. 

The couple met in Central Park in February 2014, at a Monday night run of the Reservoir Dogs running club. They live in Manhattan.

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