“What can a state institution teach us? In what way can I be reformed by a penal colony and you by, say,… — Masha Gessen Civic duty Copy Share Image
LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent in Russia. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that the… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
For the first ten years, Vladimir Putin was constructing his power structure, and now he's defending it. He's retrenching, mobilizing a shrinking… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there… — Masha Gessen Amnesty Copy Share Image
Russian law on banning nontraditional relationships basically says you cannot have any portrayal, neutral or positive, of homosexual relationships or nontraditional families,… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
What has happened to protesters in the past was that, basically, the government in 2012 put an end to a series of… — Masha Gessen Activist Copy Share Image
I think some people have blind faith in American institutions without knowing a whole lot about them and think they will stand… — Masha Gessen Blind Copy Share Image
There's another piece of legislation in Russia that would make "allowing for nontraditional sexual relations" a cause for removing parental rights, and… — Masha Gessen Children Copy Share Image
“In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history -- political history and art history -- is made when… — Masha Gessen Art Copy Share Image
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into… — Masha Gessen He lied Copy Share Image
I received the Media for Liberty Award from Swedish PEN, and the prize was awarded by the Swedish minister of culture, who… — Masha Gessen Ceremony Copy Share Image
