COLD WAR
In 1989, as East Germany collapsed around him, a KGB spy in Dresden named Vladimir Putin came to some hard conclusions that would later inform his bellicose geopolitics.
A Russian-American journalist, Gessen has written for The New Republic and Slate, among others. In an excerpt from her new book, The Man Without a Face, she details the thuggish ways of a young Vladimir Putin.
In 1989, as East Germany collapsed around him, a KGB spy in Dresden named Vladimir Putin came to some hard conclusions that would later inform his bellicose geopolitics.
The Pussy Riot trial showed how far Russia is traveling backward. Masha Gessen on the 17th-century court.