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Published · transcript-backedM. Gessen: belief
14 Aug 2019 Conversations with Tyler M. Gessen on the Ins and Outs of Russia
“I think that the anti-gay campaign that has been a centerpiece of Russian politics for the last now seven years is completely Kremlin manufactured.”
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- M. Gessen
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- belief
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- 14 Aug 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Now you’ve been a major advocate of LGBT rights. If you think about Russian culture, do you think it’s more homophobic than average compared to other autocracies? If so, culturally, why might be that the case? Oh, not at all. I think that the anti-gay campaign that has been a centerpiece of Russian politics for the last now seven years is completely Kremlin manufactured. I think most Russians had never given the subject any thought, which is, of course, why it’s so effective. But they haven’t given up the campaign. It’s endogenous that they’re continuing it. It’s, in some way, succeeding. There’s a positive public response.…
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