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Masha Gessen

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Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen is the author of Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy and The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. She is a writer in residence at Oberlin College

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Masha Gessen was born in Russia but emigrated with her parents to the United States. She returned to Moscow in the early 1990s when political change was afoot.

Lessons from a 'totalitarian mafia state' (Part II)

Masha Gessen was born in Russia but emigrated with her parents to the United States. She returned to Moscow in the early 1990s when political change was afoot.

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Masha Gessen was born in Russia but emigrated with her parents to the United States. She returned in the early 1990s when political change was afoot.

Author Masha Gessen on the appeal of Putin and Trump

Masha Gessen was born in Russia but emigrated with her parents to the United States. She returned in the early 1990s when political change was afoot.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin was an agent of the KGB — the Soviet Union's secret police.

Lessons from a 'totalitarian mafia state' (Part I)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin was an agent of the KGB — the Soviet Union's secret police.

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