Episode 1230: A Terrible Country, Life Under Putin, The Dysfunctional Relationship Between Russia And America
Keith Gessen is a Russian-American author, journalist and translator. His new novel, A Terrible Country, was released last month, and he joins us to talk about it.
Dear friends, my book A TERRIBLE COUNTRY is finally out. It is about Russia, hockey, socialism, and grandmothers. It took years to write but can be read in hrs. Please buy it, or at least borrow it from the library so that others have to buy it. Thank you! https://t.co/j8iGz3frD0
— Keith Gessen (@keithgessen) July 10, 2018
We discuss life in Russia, the characteristics of the Russian system, the different strands of domestic opposition to the system, and the dysfunctional relationship between Russia and his other country, the USA.
Putin is not really threatening to arrest you. What he’s doing, in his typical troll manner, is saying “I am about as likely to extradite the Guccifer team as you are to extradite McFaul and Browder, which is to say, neither one of these things is ever going to happen” https://t.co/49p16i9Upd
— David Klion ???? (@DavidKlion) July 27, 2018
We ask Keith are we better off with Russia and USA getting along, why is TV Putin’s main medium, what other ways does the state “connect” with its citizens, and, with Trump and Putin in power, how does Keith see the next few years playing out.
Murders in Central African Republic highlight the risks Russian journalists continue to take https://t.co/JQmQdjAfhd
— Anton Troianovski (@antontroian) August 1, 2018
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