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The rest of Russia is watching the same television that Vladimir Putin is watching. As far as they're concerned, Pussy Riot was rightly convicted of blasphemy, and Putin has now finally showed some mercy and let them out early so they could spend New Year's with their kids. He was nice to them even though they are really nasty. That's the dominant view. This really is a war and the front line is really firm.

Masha Gessen's Popular Quotes

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

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…

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When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.

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Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent.

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As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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