"Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent."
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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.
Source : "Interview: ‘Gracepoint’ co-star Jessica Lucas on why she probably isn’t playing the killer". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. November 6, 2014.