Sacrifice and Self-Censorship before Russia’s “Gay Propaganda” Law
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By: Marian Schwartz | September 28, 2015
For those of us outside Russia, it’s hard to convey the kind of risk Wilke and her publisher were contemplating. The Putin presidency has committed serious violence—only some of… More
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