With Pussy Riot - this was a prank! It was a brilliant, artistically gifted prank. But they didn't expect to go to prison! They were college girls who became political prisoners for two years. That makes them very similar to the people who were "just going to a protest one day" and got arrested. They had no idea they were risking the rest of their lives. Because you're never the same after you've spent two years in a gulag.
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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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