Masha Gessen is a journalist, activist, and author of the new book The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. She sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss how Vladimir Putin exercises control over Russia and why Trump’s chaotic governing style could still lead to autocracy.
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