U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia Monday by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military and was sentenced to eight years in prison. The ...

Editor’s note: This post has been corrected to reflect that Gessen’s preferred pronouns are “they/them.” As the world continues to cope with life under quarantine, we’ve seen how cable news has put a ...

Masha Gessen is a Russian and American journalist, author, and activist who writes in both Russian and English and has built a career in journalism in Russia and the United States. Gessen identifies ...