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As the 2020 US presidential race takes shape, Surviving Autocracy provides an indispensable overview of the calamitous trajectory of the past few years. Drawing on their Soviet childhood and two decades covering the resurgence of totalitarianism in Russia, acclaimed New Yorker journalist and prize-winning author Masha Gessen links together seemingly disparate elements of Trump's regime to offer a roadmap for understanding Trump's approach, policies and ultimate aims.

"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews "A short, haunting and beautifully written book." -- The Wall Street Journal The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than...

"The Soviet Union Is Gone. Why Do Lenin Statues Remain?" is from the June 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Masha Gessen and narrated by Caroline Miller.

WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING “A gripping narrative and a stunning piece of investigative journalism… [that] gives us the human side to the story of two young men who must be understood as more than monsters” (Christian Science Monitor) The National Book Award...

Denne lydbog om Putin rummer den russisk-amerikanske journalist Masha Gessens uautoriserede biografi over Vladimir Putin. Den tegner et portræt af en underordnet, men skruppelløs og magtsyg KGB-agent, som gennem manipulation og brutalitet er blevet den mægtigste mand i Rusland. I 1999 blev den forholdsvis ukendte Vladimir Putin premierminister og umiddelbart efter præsident for Rusland. Vesten var begejstret for det nye ansigt i Kreml.