Masha GessenFound 181 materialsNewest firstOldest firstNewest firstBy relevanceNovaia vkladka·Jun 9, 2025Shooting in installmentsThe author of the text Masha Hessen photographer Vladimir Semin June 10, 2025 Retro score read: 25 min. In early June, the head of just Russians, Sergei Mironov, was not the first to invite Vladimir Putin to remove the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia since 1997. And although, according to surveys of recent years, the number of supporters of the highest punishment is reduced in society, more and more often various statesmen talk about the need to return it.Masha GessenNew Times·Jul 6, 2015Kaming out in American and RussianOn June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court recognized the unconstitutional refusal to the same -sex pair in the right to marry. Thirty, twenty years ago it was impossible to even imagine what it would happen someday The day after the historical decision of the US Supreme Court, in New York and other cities of the country, a festive parade of pride in LGBT was held.Masha GessenNew Times·Dec 1, 2013The place is busyOn November 29, the media reported that the case of an administrative offense was initiated against Louis Vuitton and a protocol on the illegal use of the land was drawn up on Red Square, where a giant LV pavilion was established in the form of a suitcase of the famous brand. The story caused an incredible scandal. Why? The chain pavilion stood for a short time on Red Square.Masha GessenNew Times·Oct 27, 2013Absurd. At bestOn the hearings on the appeals of crew members and activists Greenpeace, who are in the regional court of Murmansk The icebreaker Arctic Sunrise is still under arrest. Murmansk.Masha GessenNew Times·Sep 24, 2013How to call a spade a spadeThe scariest line in Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's letter is the following: "Now I understand that I should have gone on a hunger strike back in May." She explains exactly what happened in May: lawyer Dmitry Dinze, who had recently joined Tolokonnikova's defense, wrote to the prosecutor's office a complaint about the conditions of detention in IK-14. “The deputy head of the camp, Lieutenant Colonel Kupriyanov, immediately established unbearable conditions in the colony.Masha GessenNew Times·Aug 14, 2013The court as a mission. ArtisticOn August 17, a year has been performed from the date of the sentence - “two -steps”, as the president put it - in the Pussy Riot case. Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are still in the colony, Ekaterina Samutsevich-at large. For what they fought and what the soloists of the famous punk group achieved-analyzed The New Times Pussy Riot promotion in front of Red Square. January 20, 2012 Over the past year, the Sitters from Pussy Riot changed our perception of the court.Masha GessenNew Times·Aug 14, 2013Solzhenitsyn of our timeA year ago, on August 17, a sentence was announced to the Pussy Riot punk group punk groups Carnival in Dusseldorf. 11 February 2013 In Moscow, the day of the sentence has already come, and in New York there was still an evening. The Fashion Hall of Ace Hotel was crowded to crowds and stuffiness, and there was still three hundred people on the street: and there was a crowd in summer stuffiness.Masha GessenNew Times·Jul 26, 2013Nadezhda Tolokonnikova: “I came to this court in order to once again highlight the absurdity of oil and gas raw material justice”Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was personally present at the hearing In what wonderful mood we left the building of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Mordovia. And what not to rejoice? The court passed quickly, the presiding judge was extremely and truly polite-and the varieties of false politeness Protecting Pussy Riot participants had enough: the courtesy of judges can be condescending, mocking, emphasized and formal.Masha GessenNew Times·Jul 25, 2013Game of court: Report from the process of liberation of Maria AlekhinaMaria Alekhina, visitors to the Perm Regional Court were able to see only by video communication In this game, someone is necessarily being held in court. Moreover, it is never known who it will be. Once, for example, at a court in Berezniki, this is a city in the Perm Territory, where Maria Alekhina was serving a sentence from December to July-Oksana Darova, a burned local lawyer: was so emphasized politely, even somewhere, a judge was carefully behaved, which could be found.Masha GessenNew Times·Jul 1, 2013"I wanted to be wound"Before the liberation, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova remains eight months, but the thought of how and what she will do when she comes out is already scaring her. During a meeting in the colony, Tolokonnikova spoke about Leo Tolstoy, about the “wrong language” and her own creative crisis Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, concluded IK-14, Republic of Mordovia, January 2013 (Elena Masyuk/New Gazeta) “Hera was weaned from me! Hera is shy about me! " Nadia herself is shy.Masha GessenRepublic (ex. Slon.ru)·Jun 28, 2013How the Supreme Court changed the life of same -sex couples in the United StatesMasha GessenOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionRepublic (ex. Slon.ru)·Apr 27, 2013The edge of the hereditary escortsMasha GessenOur archive does not currently contain the full version of this documentPreserved copyLink to original versionRadio.Svoboda·Apr 25, 2013Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in court: Udo refusedWe conduct a live broadcast from a tooth meadow. In the courtroom - Masha Hesse Today in Mordovia, in the court of the small village of Zubov, Polyan considered the application of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova about Udo. They were predictably refused UDO, but the most amazing thing was not allowed to pronounce the last word. We conducted a live broadcast from the courtroom. The last word of Tolokonnikova can be read here . 19.52 shouting in the hall. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova did not utter the last word.Masha GessenRadio.Svoboda·Mar 29, 2013Forbes and Berezovsky, "New Gazeta" and Pavel Durov, Livanov and AcademicsCould journalist Ilya Zhegulev from Forbes publish fragments of his conversation with Boris Berezovsky less than a day before the businessman’s death, given that Berezovsky asked him not to do this? Does the “new newspaper” and opposition journalism discredit a letter allegedly written by the creator of the social network VKontakte Pavel Durov Vladislav Surkov? Is such a form of organization of scientific activity as the Academy of Sciences hopeless in the 21st century?Masha GessenRadio.Svoboda·Mar 29, 2013"The dying interview" Berezovsky, "New Gazeta" against VKontakte, Livanov and AcademiciansPavel Durov is the founder of the social network "VKontakte" Could journalist Ilya Zhegulev from Forbes publish fragments of his conversation with Boris Berezovsky less than a day before the businessman’s death, given that Berezovsky asked him not to do this? Does the “new newspaper” and opposition journalism discredit the publication of a letter allegedly written by the creator of the social network “VKontakte” by Pavel Durov Vladislav Surkov ?Masha GessenPrevious123...13NextShow more