Donald trump on television screens in seoul, south korea, september 27, 2016. Gessen wrote these words in the man without a face, her 2012 book about vladimir putin s rise to power, which she worked on in secret for fear of retaliation. There is the presidentelect with his apparently fawning regard for the russian leader. Masha gessen is the author of the future is history. She contributes frequently to vanity fair, the new york times, newsweek, slate, and many other publications. Masha gessen depicts russias slide to totalitarianism under putin the russianamerican writer has won the 2019 leipzig book fair award for european. Russian prime ministers relationship with mikhail khodorkovsky, vanity fair, april 2012.
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