"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 haven't you left? I would say, I'm staying, it's my home. He can leave! It felt very good to say that. But now - he wins. It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe. And yet he's gotten people out of the country. That's the most terrifying thing about the current situation, and for the future of the country."

Source : "Masha Gessen: Propaganda On Russia's Own Shrinking Public Acceptance Space To Talk Of Reality". Interview with Meara Sharma, www.guernicamag.com. February 3, 2014.

Masha Gessen

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