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I really can’t abide conspiracy theories, because I believe that everything in the world stems from idiocy and incompetence. That’s certainly true of most of what’s happened in Russia under Putin.

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Masha Gessen

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There’s something structurally integrated with foreign coverage. Reporters often default to thinking of their government as the sort of ultimate authority.

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We learn to think of history as something that has already happened, to other people. Our own moment, filled as it is with minutiae destined to be forgotten, always looks smaller in comparison.

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May 14, 2024

We learn to think of history as something that has already happened, to other people. Our own moment, filled as it is with minutiae destined to be forgotten, always looks smaller in comparison.

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May 14, 2024

There’s something structurally integrated with foreign coverage. Reporters often default to thinking of their government as the sort of ultimate authority.

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