![]() ![]() Gessen has spoken face-to-face with Putin, one of few journalists who has done so Image: picture alliance / Mikhail Metzel/TASS/dpa It was there that she met her current wife, adopted a child, became an activist for democracy, human rights and LGBT rights and began to write books. In 1994 she returned to Russia, where she wrote for Russian and American print publications. As a young journalist during the late 80s, Gessen reported on Russia's supposed breakthrough to liberty and democracy. In 1981 the family immigrated to the United States. She was born in Moscow in 1967 to a family of Jewish intellectuals. Gessen has migrated multiple times over the course of her life. Gessen has spent the past 20 years writing about Russia and Putin Image: picture-alliance/DPR/H. Its overarching argument: Putin is on his way to building a new totalitarian state. On Wednesday, Gessen will be honored with the Leipzig Book Fair's Award for European Understanding for her award-winning book The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (2017). How ironic since Gessen is considered one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's toughest American critics. Masha's brother, also a journalist, described how she's been called "a paid propagandist for Putin" in a recent interview in The New Yorker, where Masha Gessen is a staff writer. ![]() This position has made her a target for criticism. Prominent journalist Masha Gessen is not one of them. ![]() Some people believe Russian influence helped bring Trump to power. ![]()
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