You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.
When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed. - Masha Gessen
When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.
- Masha Gessen
When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep. - Masha Gessen
When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.
Here in the U.S. we do have a problem with a president Donald Trump who uses language in two distinctly destructive ways. One is to lie, and to use w… - Masha Gessen
Here in the U.S. we do have a problem with a president Donald Trump who uses language in two distinctly destructive ways. One is to lie, and to use w…
When I was touring with my Vladimir Putin biography, which was published all over the world, people would ask me, How come you're still there, why ha… - Masha Gessen
When I was touring with my Vladimir Putin biography, which was published all over the world, people would ask me, How come you're still there, why ha…
Were there open gays and lesbians before the West started influencing Russia? No, there weren't. In fact, the most out person in the country, until r… - Masha Gessen
Were there open gays and lesbians before the West started influencing Russia? No, there weren't. In fact, the most out person in the country, until r…
For the first stage of his dictatorship, Vladimir Putin was involved in destroying public space. On the first day he was in office, he introduced leg… - Masha Gessen
For the first stage of his dictatorship, Vladimir Putin was involved in destroying public space. On the first day he was in office, he introduced leg…
As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children - Masha Gessen
As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children
Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent. - Masha Gessen
Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent.
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there are more. Well… - Masha Gessen
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there are more. Well…
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