“The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what… — Masha Gessen Live Freely Copy Share Image
Journalists casually use terms like crossing the border illegally when referring to asylum seekers - when in fact there is no law… — Masha Gessen Border Copy Share Image
“adolescent who expresses dissident opinion more or less vocally can end up in a place like that. Some of the children arrive… — Masha Gessen Children Copy Share Image
There's the hypothesis that things just keep happening to Russians, things that keep turning them into the same kind of subjects, as… — Masha Gessen Generation Copy Share Image
I've learned over the years to hear what Putin is railing against in his own railing way. — Masha Gessen Against Copy Share Image
Violent behavior predicts violent behavior. Obviously not every domestic abuser will become a terrorist. If somebody is prone to violence, and also… — Masha Gessen Behavior Copy Share Image
It seems that probably Putin's father maintained some connection to the secret police throughout his life. One sign of that is that… — Masha Gessen Connection 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
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 Discussion Copy Share Image
I realized - I've been an opposition journalist in Russia for a long time. And I've often considered how real risks are… — Masha Gessen Journalist Copy Share Image
Trump very much wants to be liked by Putin and I think sincerely admires him. Putin doesn't know how to deal with… — Masha Gessen Deal Copy Share Image
There was this very strange moment when the world discovered what was going on for LGBT people in Russia. It was very… — Masha Gessen Bizarre Copy Share Image
First of all, radical beliefs are not a predictor of terrorist behavior: most people who hold radical beliefs never become terrorists, and… — Masha Gessen Behavior Copy Share Image
“The Bolsheviks placed a premium on the “creative intelligentsia,” as it was termed—writers, artists, and, especially, filmmakers—as well as scholars and scientists.… — Masha Gessen Art Copy Share Image
Russians didn't elect Trump. Even if there was collusion, even if every hypothesis that has - that is at play in the… — Masha Gessen He Copy Share Image
A political conversation is a conversation in which people with different views come to agreements about how they're going to inhabit this… — Masha Gessen Communication 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 American Copy Share Image
Incomprehensible messaging is a very important part of Russian propaganda. — Masha Gessen Important Copy Share Image
Putin has this ritual of having the televised meetings with ministers. Cameras will be allowed in to film the first five minutes… — Masha Gessen Film Copy Share Image
“Marxism in the Soviet Union had been boiled down to the understanding that people—Soviet citizens—were shaped entirely by their society and the… — Masha Gessen Inner conflict Copy Share Image
Fact checking Donald Trump is a really... It is kind of fun but it is ungratifying because nothing checks out. — Masha Gessen Donald trump Copy Share Image
The Soviet system of propaganda and censorship existed not so much for the purpose of spreading a particular message as for the… — Masha Gessen Learning Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to write in Russian for someone who has never been schooled in Russian. — Masha Gessen Difficult Copy Share Image
For example, if you are a blogger who wrote something about a local official and you're going to prison for that, you're… — Masha Gessen Businessman Copy Share Image
