Masha Gessen, the Russian journalist, author, and translator who immigrated to the United States in 2013 because authorities were considering taking children from gay parents, writes in The New York Times about Russia’s slide into autocracy and repressive rule: “I was shaken when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. My world changed when three very young […]
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